NBC: White House to announce the capture of a Big Al Qaeda arrest

MSNBC

[Dog]

Breaking on MSNBC..

[Dog]

President may make the announcement himself.

[MEG33]

We have a thread going..Hambali

[bonfire]

Thanks!

[conservativefromGa]

UBL?

[SamAdams76]

It would appear that a big fish has been caught in the Al Qaida net.

[Dog]

AM .......you want to kill this thread and go with the other one as a live thread??

[Cyber Liberty]

I think it's the one we have three threads on already/...

[Izzy Dunne]

White House to announce the capture of a Big Al Qaeda arrest

How do you capture an arrest?
Videotape?

[Dog]

They can kill this one....

[MEG33]

This may be different but Hambali is really big.(mastermind of Bali bombing,etc)

[Dog]

I was rushing when I posted this.....give me a brake.

[Cyber Liberty]

But which one's the real one?

[MEG33]

That's what makes FR great..we are ON it!

[Dog]

NBC is saying it is Hambali..

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Hambali, the steely terrorist, linked to bombs By Anton La Guardia (Filed: 16/10/2002)

When the Bali bombs went off, the name on the lips of every Western intelligence agent dealing with Islamic terrorism was "Hambali".

The man regarded as the Osama bin Laden of the Far East is wanted by four countries in the region, but has so far stayed ahead of the security forces.

Riduan Isamuddin AKA Hambali

According to unconfirmed Philippine intelligence reports, Hambali is living as a peasant in Indonesia.

But the modest appearance of the 36-year-old Indonesian Islamic scholar belies the steely nature of a militant named in connection with a string of attacks.

They range from bank robberies to bombings, as well as abortive schemes to bomb American airliners and US military targets in Singapore.

Hambali, whose true name is Riduan Isamuddin, is a veteran of the war against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan and is said to be in close touch with al-Qa'eda through Muhammad Khalifa, Osama bin Laden's brother-in-law.

Hambali is believed to have organised dinners and accommodation in Malaysia for two of the September 11 hijackers, the "20th hijacker" Zacarias Moussaoui and a suspect in the bombing of the USS Cole.

"If you assume the Bali bombing involved outside groups, then the first name that comes up is Hambali," said Magnus Ranstorp, deputy director of the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence.

While international attention has focused on demands for the arrest of Abu Bakar Baasyir, the alleged spiritual head of Jemaah Islamiyah, his friend Hambali remains at large.

On Monday, Philippine prosecutors charged Hambali in absentia with involvement in a plot to smuggle explosives from the Philippines to Singapore in 2000 for an attack against US and Israeli targets. A second suspect, Faiz Bin Abu Bakar Bafana, a Malaysian in jail in Singapore, was also charged.

Hambali's connections stretch across the Far East. He is wanted in the Philippines for allegedly masterminding the bombing of commuter trains in Manila, killing 22 people, in December 2000.

At the same time, Hambali is wanted in Indonesia for organising the bombing of Christian churches and schools on Christmas Eve of the same year.

Malaysian authorities are looking for him in connection with bank robberies by Islamic militants. They have also linked him to Yazid Sufaat, whose flat in Kuala Lumpur was used to plan the September 11 attacks.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Thanks.

[San Jacinto]

They can kill this one....

That's exactly what they should do...very slowly drown him in pig's blood.

You were talking about captured raghead, weren't you?

[AppyPappy]

We tole you and tole you and tole you.

[Dog]

LOL!