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Iraqi Security Forces: al-Qaeda leader detained (The leader of the Islamic State in Iraq Captured)
DPA ^ | 4 March 2007

Posted on 03/04/2007 12:12:42 PM PST by jmc1969

A suspected leader of the group Islamic State in Iraq, which has ties to the al-Qaeda terrorist network, was detained in northern Iraq on Sunday, Iraqi security forces reported. Muharib Mohammed Abdullah, aka Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, was arrested in a joint raid by Iraqi and US soldiers in the city of Duluiya.

"This is a great success for the Iraqi security forces, comparable to the killing of Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi," the Salaheddin provincial administration in the town of Tikrit said in a statement.

Abdullah is a former legal expert from the city of Balad, north of Baghdad.

The Islamic State in Iraq organization claimed responsibility Saturday for the murder of 18 policemen.

Al-Zarqawi, the former leader of the al-Qaeda terrorist network in Iraq, was killed in the summer of 2006 by a US airstrike.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abdullah; albaghdadi; alqaeda; baghdad; baghdadsurge; iraq; iraqsurge; terrorist
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To: 4butnomorethan30characters

Not anymore...


43 posted on 03/04/2007 1:49:52 PM PST by elhombrelibre (Hagel, Obama, Voinovich and Biden making the world safe for Iranian terrorists.)
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To: 4butnomorethan30characters
My comment was in the spirit of Hannibal Lectures. The character in Silence of the Lambs made a crude remark to Clarisse to which she replied, "That sounds like something Meigs would say." Hannibal, who'd coaxed Meigs into committing suicides, noted "Not anymore."

You wrote that Sheikh Abu Hamza al-Muhajir "is the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq." I, with great satisfaction and pride in the Coalition Forces note for the sake of clarity and correct verb tense, that he is "not anymore."

45 posted on 03/04/2007 2:08:03 PM PST by elhombrelibre (Hagel, Obama, Voinovich and Biden making the world safe for Iranian terrorists.)
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To: 4butnomorethan30characters

Same guy they almost caught a few weeks ago,,,mmmmm...;0)


48 posted on 03/04/2007 2:19:44 PM PST by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: 4butnomorethan30characters

Yep...;0)


50 posted on 03/04/2007 2:29:47 PM PST by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: jmc1969

I did not see him listed here:

http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorists/fugitives.htm


51 posted on 03/04/2007 2:43:24 PM PST by cowtowney
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To: All
Please spread the word about an appeal for redress that people in the military can sign to show support for the mission:


www.appealforcourage.org

52 posted on 03/04/2007 3:19:33 PM PST by bnelson44 (Proud parent of a tanker! If you are military please sign at: appealforcourage.org)
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To: jmc1969
Excellent!
53 posted on 03/04/2007 3:57:16 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The DemonicRATS believe ....that the best decisions are always made after the fact.)
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To: All; 1035rep; 1curiousmind; 4woodenboats; 5Madman2; 68skylark; AdmSmith; airborne; Alamo-Girl; ...

Interesting event coming on the heels of the deputy of the former Islamic Iranian Minister of War arriving in Turkey from Syria and disappearing - nobody knows where or how and still missing - though speculation exists that he was "picked up" by the Mossad or "Christians in Action".

Regardless of how this asset may have fallen into our hands, the Baghdadi catch in Northern Iraq falls more neatly into place, does it not?

The above Iranian asset would have been in a position to set up a meet, though this is pure conjecture and speculation on my part.

Great news and stride forward.


54 posted on 03/04/2007 4:00:44 PM PST by FARS
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To: FARS

Victory bump!


55 posted on 03/04/2007 4:04:25 PM PST by Enterprise (Drop pork bombs on the Islamofascist wankers. Praise the Lord and pass the hammunition.)
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To: FARS

Great News!


56 posted on 03/04/2007 4:09:01 PM PST by The Mayor ( http://albanysinsanity.com/)
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To: FARS

Right on!


57 posted on 03/04/2007 4:09:47 PM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: FARS; euphoriadev; 1stbn27; 2111USMC; 2nd Bn, 11th Mar; 68 grunt; A.A. Cunningham; ASOC; ...

Thank you for the ping, FARS.


58 posted on 03/04/2007 4:13:24 PM PST by freema (Marine FRiend, 1stCuz2xRemoved, Mom, Aunt, Sister, Friend, Wife, Daughter, Niece)
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To: FARS; Dog

Dog - Ping to article and Post #54


59 posted on 03/04/2007 4:27:56 PM PST by Peach (The Clintons' pardoned more terrorists than they captured or killed.)
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To: FARS
Image hosted by Photobucket.com another shark tooth... a big one, but a tooth.
60 posted on 03/04/2007 4:28:30 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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