Iraq- U.S. says captures Iraqi militant close to Zarqawi

Reuters | April 6, 2006

[HAL9000]

BAGHDAD, April 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Thursday that Iraqi forces had captured a former senior intelligence official under Saddam Hussein who now has close ties to the al-Qaeda leader in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

A military statement said Muhammad al-Ubaydi, who now heads the Secret Islamic Army in northern Babel province, was captured by Iraqi forces in southern Baghdad on March 7.

[saganite]

I guess they waited a month to announce his capture so they could act on whatever intel they got out of him before the word got out.

[pcottraux]

Serves him right.

Still...when oh WHEN are we finally gonna' nail Zarki himself? That guy just gets on my nerves.

[taxesareforever]

The U.S. is finally learning. Don't tell the press or the demorats. They will spill the beans in order to undermine this nation.

[Lurker]

I hope they interrogated him with a blow torch and a rusty pair of pliers.

L

[gandalftb]

I beleive this is the guy they caught:

AMIR RASHID MUHAMMAD AL-UBAYDI

He was the former advisor and oil minister for Saddam. This guy is the 6 of spades on the playing deck. Big fish, closely connected to Zarqawi. He is suspected to be the chief financier of the insurgency, very well connected. There were rumors of a big fish being caught and some speculation had it that Zarqawi himself got nabbed because of the buzz in-country.
Lets hope he is singing.

[gandalftb]

Not so sure, this guy is also listed as being captured.

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- The U.S. military says Iraqi forces have captured the prime suspect in last year's kidnapping of Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena.

[Straight Vermonter]

Good news for the morning.

[Echo Talon]

This guy is the 6 of spades on the playing deck.

how many of the cards have been verified as captured or killed?

[Echo Talon]

Not sure how accurate this is

[Recovering_Democrat]

This real news will get lost in the boring-ass hoopla of Katie Couric's chair change. Not that the LameStream Media would cover it anyway--good news from the war doesn't interest them. At all.

[Patriot from Philly]

There were a lot of creepy hostages in Iraq but the horrid Sgrena wins first place:

--She went there to sympathize with the terrorists and get anti-US propaganda;
--She worked with her captors to make her filmed plea more desperate;
--she got an Italian intelligence officer killed;
--She has the left Italian judiciary charging a US soldier;
--She put millions in the hands of terrorists probably killing hundreds of Iraqis and US soldiers.

She is vomit.

[Dog]

Its not him...

SV I've seen this name Muhammad al-Ubaydi before.

[Dog]

Kept this one underwraps for a month..

[Wiz]

Oops, I missed this.

[Dog]

His alas is Abu Ayman...

Here is a press release announcing the warrant for his arrest.

http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:m7gutar92A4J:www.mnf-iraq.com/Releases/Nov/051115h.htm+Abu+Ayman&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1

This is a bigger catch than we think..

[Dog]

The link to his ID in case you want to see it.

http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=147593&D=2006-04-06&HC=1

[Coop]

Good info on that press release. Thanks. Definitely a solid hit on the terrorist money pipeline.