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To: jdm
Read this again...

He had a close link with another arrested al-Qaeda figure and, the sources said

Someone other then al-Iraqi.

21 posted on 04/27/2007 5:03:11 PM PDT by Dog
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To: Dog

Oops. Wouldn’t hurt if I read the FIRST article before posting ANOTHER article. :O)


24 posted on 04/27/2007 5:06:20 PM PDT by jdm
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To: Dog
Might find some additional info at the link at the bottom...

Believed to have been a senior al-Qaeda operational commander planning attacks around the world.

Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi
Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi: Arrested in late 2006

The US said he was on his way to Iraq to take over al-Qaeda operations when he was arrested. His detention was announced by the US on 27 April 2007.

Formerly a major in the Iraqi army in the 1980s, he fought and ran training camps in Afghanistan.

Believed to be a key contact between Osama Bin Laden and killed Iraqi al-Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

Reports said Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi was also involved in plots to assassinate Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf.

Source: BBC: Who's Who In Al-Qaeda

35 posted on 04/27/2007 5:29:07 PM PDT by jdm
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