REPORT: IMAM MUKTADA AL SADR ARRESTED

ITAR/TASS-Russian News Wire ^ | April 13, 2004 | wire copy

[threat matrix]

United States troops arrested radical Shiite Islam leader Imam Mukatada al-Sadr on Tuesday.

The report came from Hazem al-Araj, his closest associate who is the head of the Baghdad bureau 'Mahdi Army' group.

[Cap Huff]

Someone on the Debka thread said this report was debunked a couple of hours ago.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1116875/posts?page=30#30

[dagar]

Sorry. I trust Debka more than TASS. Okay... no more.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

ping

[areafiftyone]

I hope this is true. Searching for more sites to confirm. Thanks for the post!

[Thinkin' Gal]

All turban, no jihad.

Not to mention a day late and a dinar short.

[Mo1]

There was a false report around 4 this morning .. turned out to be his aid

I think I'll wait for confirmation

[johnb838]

Hazem al-Araj

This give me an idea for a comic strip about two loveable, wacky, Iraqi magpies named Hazem and Hatem.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

BUMP

[Skooz]

Checking various web news sources, I have yet to see anything. Top-of-the-hour radio news says he is still "hold up" in Iraq.

[Lazamataz]

I checked the link. The report is 8 hours old. Seems odd no other reports since then.

Unless it was a Russian unit that captured said Islamofascist, I attempt to disbelieve.

I rolled a 20. I successfully disbelieved.

[ValerieUSA]

THAT is so perfect! They are clearly on the same side.

[graf008]

If this is the guy taht has been causing all the problems (I never can tell), then this is good.

Why were his forces negotiating recently? Or even allowed to negotiate with the authorities?

[Rutles4Ever]

Sadly, we must be prepared for another radical to step up and take his place. This is the nature of the war on terror. The trick is not to become disniterested in important victories like this (if it's true). It's terrorist whack-a-mole.

[bored at work]

ouch...

[LurkedLongEnough]

Hopefully this is true.

Just speculation, but I was expecting something like this since the word came out about the President's press conference tonight. The WH knew it had happened or would happen by tonite, and wants to announce the good news.

[hershey]

Early this am, NPR said it was Sadr's deputy who was arrested. His bodyguards were going to fight, but saw the US soldiers and gave up. I wish they'd stop using law and order terminology. This is war, not cops and robbers. Just because Clintonites use 'arrest' all the time, that doesn't mean the Bush admin. has to follow suit.

[Lazamataz]

This give me an idea for a comic strip about two loveable, wacky, Iraqi magpies named Hazem and Hatem.

Hazem would be the Frat Boy magpie, of course.

[areafiftyone]

Debka has nothing so far. Actually they have been pretty good lately which is a surprise.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

No disinterest on my part, I assure you.

[elbucko]

How reliable is TASS?

'Bout as reliable as NYT, LAT, WP & BG.