Al Qaeda's leader in Iraq arrested -- Arabiya TV

Reuters ^ | May 08, 2008 | Reuters

[Berlin_Freeper]

DUBAI, March 9 (Reuters) - The leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, has been arrested in Iraq, the Arabic television station al-Arabiya reported on Friday, quoting the Iraqi Defence Ministry.

Arabiya said Muhajir, successor to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, had been detained in a joint Iraqi-U.S. operation in Mosul in northern Iraq.

[Numbers Guy]

Put panties on his head.

[Jeff Head]

He should be permanently detained and confined in a six foot deep dirt bath.

[SFC Chromey]

At least the facilities at Gitmo are new! Leavenworth would be in worse shape than the barracks highlighted on YouTube last week. :P

[Berlin_Freeper]

Additional information has been posted in the article:

DUBAI, May 9 (Reuters) - In an hour-long audio tape issued last month, Muhajir called for renewed attacks on American troops.

He urged militants from the Sunni Islamist group to “celebrate” the recent announcement that the number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq had passed 4,000.

“We must celebrate this event in our special way, and make the defeated Bush join us in this celebration,” he said.

He called on al Qaeda fighters to provide “a head of an American as a present to the trickster Bush” in a month-long campaign that he called the “Attack of Righteousness”.

[Rushmore Rocks]

Great news, if true!

[Williams]

"Al Qaeda in Iraq shares a name and ideology if not organisational ties with Osama bin Laden's network...."

Oh, no "operational link"? We've heard that BS before, it obviously is meaningless.

[txhurl]

That was a happy day. Naturally, dead won the captioning contest.

[domenad]

I prefer a nail-studded board, myself. I don’t even really want any information, I just want to test how tough the board is.

[Berlin_Freeper]

lol

[Gator113]

Wait, wait, wait a minute!! This can’t be true. Are we sure this is legal???

The democrats already surrendered. I don’t think the democrats are going to find this to have been a legal arrest. No doubt, there will be a congressional investigation and this poor man will be released right away.

God bless our Troops......

and damn the democrats to hell.

[Allegra]

That was a happy day. Naturally, dead won the captioning contest.

Dead rocks, as usual. LOL

Yes, that was a happy day. It was late morning in Baghdad and an eruption of cheers came from a group of Iraqis around the TV in the lobby of the building where I was working at the time.

I went out of my office to investigate and they were all hugging and dancing and the crowd around the TV kept geting bigger.

When they told me what all the celebration was about, I was ecstatic. Soon, the lobby was packed with Iraqis and Americans hugging, high-fiving and cheering.

People kept smiles on their faces for a few days after that. :)

[james500]

They picked him up while he was playing cards with Izzat Al-Douri. /s

[MrLee]

Not dead? Not shot? What the h*ll is this arrest sh*t??

[Southack]

Nice work, GI’s!

[Unicorn]

Hang him quick,now.

[Straight Vermonter]

Abu Ayyub al-Masri reportedly arrested.

[milwguy]

He was in Mosul, way to the north of Bahgdad, means he was not feeling to secure these days. Weren’t UDay and Qusay done in in Mosul?

[txhurl]

I remember. We had a week-long street party here...

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Someone thought Foxnews was reporting he was in US custody but I haven't found any explicit statement like that ....did find this :

Al-Qaeda leader in Iraq arrested

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Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, has been arrested in Iraq, according to the country's defence ministry.

 

The arrest occurred in the northern city of Mosul and was reported on al-Arabiya TV late on Thursday.

 

Al-Muhajir was detained in a joint Iraqi-US operation.

He is the successor to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who was killed by a US air attack in 2006.

[auboy]

… and may his heart be arrested soon.