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AQ in Iraq: al-Baghdadi arrested, Got him!
NYDailyNews.com ^ | Thursday, April 23rd 2009, 9:44 AM | staff

Posted on 04/23/2009 8:10:00 AM PDT by gandalftb

BAGHDAD - The suspected leader of an al-Qaida-linked militant network was captured Thursday by Iraqi military forces.

Abu Omar al-Baghdadi has been a key target for U.S. and Iraqi forces for years as the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq, an umbrella group of Sunni militant factions that is believed dominated by al-Qaida in Iraq.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: albaghdadi; alqaeda; baghdadi; crushislam; first100days; iraq; isi; islamicterrorism; nothankstoobama; tm; victory; worst100days; wot
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To: Piquaboy

Put him in the Comfy Chair!!

61 posted on 04/23/2009 8:58:20 AM PDT by 24-7Freeper
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To: gandalftb

I expect Owsama to be caught or killed soon, just in time for elPresidente to say that “this almost ends our Afghanistan war” except for the oil pipeline from the caspian of course.


62 posted on 04/23/2009 9:05:03 AM PDT by BlueStateBlues (Blue State for business, Red State at heart.........2012--can't come soon enough.)
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To: gandalftb
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Glad he is now caught, and can face appropriate punishment. I suppose Guantanamo is out for questioning him, and use as an interim holding facility before his trial -- according to Obama...

63 posted on 04/23/2009 9:06:56 AM PDT by vox_freedom (If there were no God, there would be no Atheists. - G. K. Chesterton)
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To: gandalftb

Great news but gonna have to rend him to the Iraqis for questioning...


64 posted on 04/23/2009 9:12:14 AM PDT by eureka! (Elections have consequences, boy howdy. *sigh*)
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To: Piquaboy

Have Susan Boyle Kiss them.


65 posted on 04/23/2009 9:12:25 AM PDT by domenad (In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
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To: gandalftb

obama will bow to him then order troops to pull out of Baghdad and allow the poor miscreant his own country, Baghdadidstan.


66 posted on 04/23/2009 9:19:53 AM PDT by Karliner (Things are more like they are now than they have ever been before. DDE)
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To: Piquaboy
Barack says no torture. Now, all we get to do is hug and kiss them.

"Pucker up!"

67 posted on 04/23/2009 9:21:58 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (IRONY - we know more about the First Dog's historical papers than we do of President Barack.)
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To: pillut48

She’d hug and kiss members of Al Qaeda just out of personal respect...


68 posted on 04/23/2009 9:22:31 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (IRONY - we know more about the First Dog's historical papers than we do of President Barack.)
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To: gandalftb

Thank goodness the Iraqi’s captured him. If we brought him back to the States he would be out on bond and on Meet the Press by Sunday.


69 posted on 04/23/2009 9:30:19 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: jveritas

“In fact “Abou Omar AL Baghdadi” is just a spokesman of Al Qaeda terrorists in Iraq and he is just an actor.”

Yes, I was of the impression Baghdadi was similar in status to our President. A very bad actor.

IIRC, and I see as I read in this article as well he was written off in the past as more of a legend, a myth if you will by authorities.

I doubt as to whether this is really all that impressive a capture. Perhaps a good show.


70 posted on 04/23/2009 9:36:50 AM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists...Call 'em What you Will, They ALL have Fairies Living In Their Trees.)
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To: True Republican Patriot

Also, he will be showing up at your door wearing a red shirt taking the 2010 census.If you don’t answer the questions,he’ll bring new meaning to the term “head of
household.”


71 posted on 04/23/2009 9:42:19 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: gandalftb

Ya think that The One will order the Iraqi government not to use torture on the guy???


72 posted on 04/23/2009 9:46:05 AM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Dad of a U.S. Army Infantry Soldier presently instructing at Ft. Benning.)
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To: GreenHornet
" . . . we'll just allow him to participate in a "simulated liquid submersion exercise."

LOL - I like it. Doesn't sound like torture at all.

73 posted on 04/23/2009 9:49:01 AM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Dad of a U.S. Army Infantry Soldier presently instructing at Ft. Benning.)
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To: gandalftb

After reading the thread, I see that this guy is just a mouthpiece, but still... What has happened to Free Republic that it takes 3 hours for stories like this to get posted? I got this story around 0530 via Twitter (on my blackberry), and I kept waiting for it to show up on FR so I could get more info from people who know these players... Your thread finally appeared 3 hours later. Not knocking you, I’m sure you posted as soon as you saw it and verified that it hadn’t already been posted. I’m questioning why no one posted it sometime in the 3 hours before you did. (I can’t post threads from a blackberry.)

I always turn to FR first for news, but recently, it seems like FR is 30 min to a few hours behind other sources. What gives? I miss the old days when FR was the best source for breaking news.


74 posted on 04/23/2009 9:55:14 AM PDT by BagCamAddict ("Wolverines!!")
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To: CSM

How about we give him a facial, manicure, pedicure, and a hot wax treatment?

;)


75 posted on 04/23/2009 10:00:17 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan
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To: gandalftb
He is the highest value target in Iraq. We definately need an enhanced interrogation of this guy.

Waterboarding is out... using female underwear is out...

What's left? Shaking fingers at him and saying, "Shame, shame, shame?"

76 posted on 04/23/2009 10:03:45 AM PDT by John123 (The US may be going down the drain, but everyone else will drown first...)
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To: gandalftb

Who’s your Baghdadi?

Nice catch, guys!


77 posted on 04/23/2009 10:05:41 AM PDT by G8 Diplomat (I'm learning Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, Pashtu, and Russian so someday you won't have to)
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To: LUV W
They shoulda just killed the sucker....he'll walk from Gitmo or whatever country club he's “incarcerated” in.

Not so fast. From the article:

... was captured Thursday by Iraqi military forces.

The Iraqi military forces aren't subject to Zero's executive orders on coddling enemy combatants and terrorists.

78 posted on 04/23/2009 10:06:08 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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To: Dr. Ursus

As in “Beheaded head of the Household” given to You by your friendly, Unrepentant Man-made Disaster MUSLIM PERPETRATOR in the Red Shirt Census Taker Uniform(o_O)


79 posted on 04/23/2009 10:08:14 AM PDT by True Republican Patriot (GOD BLESS AMERICA and Our Last Great President George W. Bush)
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To: chuck_the_tv_out

Specifically No Innocent Fuzzy caterpillars like all kids play with all day which was shared with this big, brave Man-made Disaster Perpetrator and Gracious Beheader of Innocent Citizens:-(


80 posted on 04/23/2009 10:13:29 AM PDT by True Republican Patriot (GOD BLESS AMERICA and Our Last Great President George W. Bush)
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