#4 on Local Most Wanted List Captured - IRAQ

FOX News | 7/31/03

[kattracks]

Known as The Bombmaker.

[1Old Pro]

The widespread bias in the media never surprises me. What surprises me is that very few notice it and they are all tuned in to FOX.

[Ex-Dem]

You're right. #4 is Abid Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti, who was captured a few weeks ago. I don't see anything on FOXNews.com about this...

[Semper Paratus]

I thought #4 on the list was captured back in June.

Good catch look here:

http://www.militaryconnections.com/news_story.cfm?textnewsid=418

[Grampa Dave]

Fl engineer will post his update after he gets home from work.

Stayed tuned to this thread for the answer to your question.

[1Old Pro]

Which is more important?

As far as news value, they are both important enough to receive similar coverage.

[kattracks]

I heard this on FNC 1st report from Iraq (Steve C.) he said this guy "The Bombmaker" was #4 on the Local list of most wanted.

This must be the case. I can't find anything else on this.

Sorry about that.

[Steve_Seattle]

True, American deaths are emphasized, but news of captured weapons caches, captured insurgents, are generally unreported or minimized.

[Ciexyz]

Woo-hoo!

[Steve_Seattle]

"Which is more important?"

No one is suggesting the deaths are unimportant or should not be reported, but our numerous successes over there are being underreported or ignored, creating a false impression that the only news is bad news. .

[CFW]

Well, #4, #5, #6...who cares? As long as they got another one and are working on #1.

[Steve_Seattle]

The attacks are not likely to go away anytime soon, but they should taper off over the next few months as more of the dead-enders and their weapons caches are taken out of circulation.

[Ex-Dem]

Not to mention the fact that skewed reporting can cause more deaths, by lowering morale and thus effectiveness.

[GalaxieFiveHundred]

5, 4, 3, 2....
Looking forward to 1.

One, we've got your number. It's time to take the cheese!

[af_vet_rr]

They got Ben Affleck! On to J.Lo!

article at The Onion you might find interesting :

HOLLYWOOD, CA—Focus groups at advance screenings for Gigli, a romantic comedy starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez set to open nationwide July 30, have demanded a new ending in which both stars die "in as brutal a manner as possible," sources at Sony Pictures said Tuesday.

[epluribus_2]

and as the summer heat subsides, patrols will be more efficient and better defended, IMHO. By fall the average Iraqi will NOT be wistfully remembering the good old Baathist days but will be thinking about how to make money in the New Iraq. That phrase probably will just BURN liberals.

[vrwinger]

Anyone have the count on how many are dead or captured from the deck of cards?

I think this makes 38, give or take.

[Constitution Day]

I thought #4 on the list was captured back in June.

Heck, I dunno. As long as they actually got one of the bad guys, I'm happy.

[steveegg]

The original #4, Abid Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti (Saddam's Presidential Secretary) was captured on June 18.

As part of the FoxNews.com story on the latest attacks on the troops, there is this paragraph:

The coalition also has nabbed someone referred to as "the bomb maker" in Iraq who is believed to be helping insurgents make bombs to be used against U.S. forces. He was No. 4 on the local list of Iraqis wanted by the U.S. military.

There has been no further identification as of yet.

[dead]

Thanks for the link. That was hysterical!