Captured Zarqawi Aide Spilled the Beans

ABC News ^ | 06/09/06 | Alexis Debat

[MikeA]

An Iraqi customs agent secretly working with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's terror cell spilled the beans on the group after he was arrested, Jordanian officials tell ABC News.

Ziad Khalaf Raja al-Karbouly was arrested by Jordanian intelligence forces last spring.

Officials say Karbouly confessed to his role in the terror cell and provided crucial information on the names of Zarqawi commanders and locations of their safe houses.

Karbouly also admitted to his role in the kidnappings of two Moroccan embassy employees, four Iraqi National Guards and an Iraqi finance ministry official.

In a videotaped confession, Karbouly said he acted on direct orders from Zarqawi.

Officials say he will not be eligible for any of the $25 million reward money.

June 9, 2006 | Permalink | User Comments (0)

[InvisibleChurch]

Officials say he will not be eligible for any of the $25 million reward money

I hope they roll that over into the bounty of EarlBinLaden's head. For 50,000,000$ I might hitchhike to Iraq/Iran/Pakistan/WalMart.

[DJ Taylor]

"Officials say Karbouly confessed to his role in the terror cell and provided crucial information on the names of Zarqawi commanders and locations of their safe houses.

I wonder if he gave it up after only two fingernails or if he was a real ten fingernail hard core jihadist?

[syriacus]

Bush won't say this about the success of the hunt for Al Zarqawi, but I will

Mission accomplished

[MHGinTN]

Ya think they were french cut or thongish? Oh the horror. Someone must alert Pelicanosi, the undertaker Reid, and the Swimmer.

[EagleUSA]

I hope we didn't get this information by putting this man under duress! (/sarc)
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Hey, let's start the rumor -- the nutcase traitrous ThugoRats will go bonkers -- maybe we will get real lucky and Murta will keel over, followed quickly by Kennedy, Kerry, Clinton and the rest of the anti-American traitors in Congress. What better way to get the first five pages in every MSM leftist rag in the country??? HAR!!!

[dead]

I'm under no illusions that the King of Jordan is a good friend or anything, but we can work together if our goals coincide.

It's all business.

[ASA Vet]

I might hitchhike to Iraq/Iran/Pakistan/WalMart

Or Las Vegas?

[soloNYer]

The United States and Bush must reverse the death of Zarqawi due information obtained through illegal torture and the absence of any warrant to bomb a safehouse full of innocent citizens of Iraq. Sincerely, the ACLU.

[Joe 6-pack]

"Whoever it is will never have the level of loyalty Zarqawi commanded, as imperfect as we now know that was."

Dan Rather has already sent his resume. Granted, his 'hands-on' terrorism experience may be limited, but his work at the Ministry of Propaganda has been exemplary.

[Common Tator]

Ziad Khalaf Raja al-Karbouly was arrested by Jordanian intelligence forces last spring.

How would some one arrested last spring know wher Zarqawi was going to be on a certain day in the future.

That means we had to have some one watching all the safe houses and reporting when Zarqawi showed up.

It took a lot more than a guy revealing safe houses to take Zarqawi down.

It would bet there is a ton of misinformation being put out. If we do have them compromised in some way, we would not want those remaining to know it. We would want them to believe that a person whose information ended months ago was the source.

That would lead them to believe anything created after this guy was captured is safe. I would bet it is not.

[LS]

Suppose torture was used by the Jordanians? Naaaaaaa.

Torture doesn't get results . . . or so we are consistently told.

[Paul Ross]

Bump.

[bordergal]

I wonder how they got him to talk? Could they possibly have violated his civil rights and/or used coercive tactics? Inquiring minds want to know!

[ArrogantBustard]

If there's any reasonable way we can pay it out to someone, we should. It would go a long way in demonstrating our good faith, and encourage folks to tip us off to other high-profile dirtbags.

[cpdiii]

A very good Arab friend of mine, said this to me the day Zarqawi bombed the hotels in Jordon, "the Jordanians will hunt him down and kill him." He almost got it right. They hunted him down for us and we killed him.

[cpdiii]

"I wonder how the Jordanians 'handled' him."

Whatever it takes.

[contemplator]

How would some one arrested last spring know where Zarqawi was going to be on a certain day in the future.

That question is indicative of the most actual critical thinking done so far in the replies on this thread.

What the article couldn't really spell out was exactly what information provided by this guy allowed them to infiltrate the organization. Other rumors floating around right now is that once they were able to id Z.'s holy man that was what eventually enabled them to get him. Maybe the holy man's name what the tidbit that this guy provided.

[Pox]

Officials say Karbouly confessed to his role in the terror cell and provided crucial information on the names of Zarqawi commanders and locations of their safe houses.

I thought this sentence in the story pretty much covered that. Keep an eye on those named and the places identified as "safe" houses, and go from there. Yes, it took a while, but it was probably the starting point that was necessary to finally nail this pig.

[cardinal4]

*Gasp* I hope the Jordanians didnt torture him!

[SICSEMPERTYRANNUS]

I think we turned down the air conditioning.