Posted on 06/06/2008 10:26:56 AM PDT by pissant
BAGHDAD — The U.S. military in Iraq has captured the deputy military chief of the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah, coalition officials said.
Iraqi sources said the U.S. Army has arrested the No. 2 figure in Hizbullah's military wing. The sources said the unidentified Hizbullah commander was responsible for training the Iranian-backed Mahdi Army in the Baghdad area.
"The arrest is a major achievement and could provide an intelligence bonanza," an Iraqi source said.
The U.S.-led coalition has reported the capture of a senior Iranian operative south of Baghdad. In a coalition statement, the operative was described as a "primary weapons smuggler and financier for Iranian-backed enemy fighters."
The arrest was said to have taken place on Thursday in Mahawil, south of Baghdad. The coalition statement said the target was a leader of the Iranian-sponsored Special Groups.
"Acting on intelligence information, coalition forces conducted a raid on the home of the suspected Special Groups leader in Mahawil, south of Baghdad," the statement said on Thursday. "He surrendered without incident."
The U.S. military also reported the arrest of another senior Iranian operative. The unidentified operative, captured east of Kut, was identified as a Special Groups member and "the primary weapons smuggler and financier for Iranian-backed enemy elements in that area."
"The suspect and an associate surrendered when coalition forces stormed their location," the statement said.
The coalition has corrected claims made by the Iraq Army and security forces of the capture of leading insurgents. In May, the Interior Ministry reported the arrest of Al Qaida network chief Abu Ayyoub Al Masri. Hours later, the ministry retracted the report.
Still, Iraqi and U.S. officials agreed that the Lebanese-based Hizbullah has been a leading tool in the Iranian training and direction of Shi'ite militias, particularly the Mahdi Army and Special Groups. The officials said Hizbullah officers, favored by Teheran over Iranian nationals, conceal their identity even from the Shi'ite groups they train.
Oh yes, Iran is our friend. They have done more than the US in stabilizing the situation in Iraq. /s
maybe osamaobama wants to talk to him “without any preconditions”
Well, so much for that other headline that read “Hezbollah intends to attack US in Iraq”...Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of terrorists. Hope we blow a few up as well.
If you know what I mean.
Vice Grips.. Check.
Rubber hose.. Check.
Hillary Sings the Blues CD.. Check.
Send Barak Hussein Obama over there for a no-preconditions discussion with these clowns.
None of that easy stuff, go straight for the panties on the head!
"Acting on intelligence information, coalition forces conducted a raid on the home of the suspected Special Groups leader in Mahawil, south of Baghdad," the statement said on Thursday. "He surrendered without incident."
"He surrendered without incident." Of course he did: he's much too valuable to blow himself up. Plus that makes such a mess, and you can't watch television in prison afterwards...
He’d talk to them like he talked to his “church”.
“”The suspect and an associate surrendered when coalition forces stormed their location,””
I thought these guys all wanted to be martyrs? Yet they throw up their hands the second we bust down the door. Drain their brain and then..........
I hope they have his size GTMO T shirt
I guess that all that: "We love death more than you love life" and "I joyfully embrace martyrdom in the cause of Allah" fooferaw goes right out the window when an M16 is pointed at you.
Paging Speaker Pelosi. Speaker Pelosi, please put on your hijab and pick up the white courtesy phone...
}:-)4
Vice Grips? We should be better than that!
Instead of waterboarding, maybe we should try “enhanced baptisms” to help him see the light.
Nice!
Cut his head off.
We have concrete evidence of Iranian & Hezbollah operations againt US forces in Iraq.
WHY have we not gone after both of them? They’ve spilled American blood- let’s spill a sh*tload of theirs!
More evidence...of Iran meddling in Iraq.
Allah Fubar! That "martyr" crap is for dumb asses, scrubs, retards and losers.
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