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Report: Al Qaeda Big Arrested
NewsMax.com ^ | 12/31/03 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

Posted on 12/31/2003 9:25:18 AM PST by kattracks

The top deputy of al Qaeda number two-man Ayman Al-Zawahiri has been arrested, according to "Islamist sources in London" cited by the Middle Eastern Media Research Institute on Thursday.

"Abdallah Muhammed Rajab Abd al-Rahman, aka Ahmad Hassan Abu Al-Khir, who is in charge of al Qaeda finances and the right hand man of Ayman Al Zawahiri, has been arrested," MEMRI said.

"Abu Al-Khir was previously sentenced to death in absentia in Egypt," the news service said, based on translations of a report earlier this week in the London-based newspaper Al-Sharq Al-Awsat.

In an audiotape released two weeks ago, Al Zawahiri warned of new al Qaeda attacks against the U.S. and boasted, "The American collapse has started to become a reality ... in Afghanistan. The forces of Islam and Jihad are starting to chase the crusaders and the hypocrites of Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine, and the Arab peninsula."



TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alkhir; alqaeda; alzawahiri; captured; dean; fsh604; moneytrail
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To: Coop
ditto. Newsmax is overratted and overused here at FR.
21 posted on 12/31/2003 9:31:38 AM PST by Rebelbase (If I stay on topic for more than 2 posts something is wrong. Alert the authorities.)
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To: pettifogger
Nah, just a "Dean '04" poster.
22 posted on 12/31/2003 9:32:23 AM PST by Paul Atreides (Is it really so difficult to post the entire article?)
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To: Rebelbase

23 posted on 12/31/2003 9:33:07 AM PST by ConservativeMan55 (You know how those liberals are. Two's Company but three is a fundraiser.)
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To: ConservativeMan55
LOL!
24 posted on 12/31/2003 9:33:27 AM PST by ConservativeMan55 (You know how those liberals are. Two's Company but three is a fundraiser.)
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To: Rebelbase
Their source here is MEMRI, which is valuable for translations of material from Arabic to English, but I'm sure how reliable MEMRI is considered as a source of information. It's probably a good idea to wait for confirmation before we get overoptimistic.

But if we really do have him, holy smokes, what a catch. I guarantee you this dirtbag knows whether or not Bin Laden is really alive or dead, and where his commonly used hideouts are if it's the former.

25 posted on 12/31/2003 9:36:41 AM PST by jpl
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To: kattracks
Excellent!!!!!!!!!

More great news for the President! Keep 'em coming!
26 posted on 12/31/2003 9:37:10 AM PST by Bean Counter
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To: kattracks
The forces of Islam and Jihad are starting to chase the crusaders and the hypocrites of Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine, and the Arab peninsula.

The Crusaders haven't even begun to fight, you moon-god-worshipping heretic.

27 posted on 12/31/2003 9:37:46 AM PST by Sir Gawain
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To: kattracks
Make him squeal!
28 posted on 12/31/2003 9:37:57 AM PST by sheik yerbouty
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To: kattracks
This could be great news. I'll wait to celebrate until a more reputable news source reports this.
29 posted on 12/31/2003 9:38:47 AM PST by Ragirl
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To: ConservativeMan55
The big fish is El Zawahiri not Bin Laden. If we can get this guy, there could be no limit to how much pain we should subject him to. We should poor pig blood on his ugly face, and keep blasting Christian prayers in his cell for weeks before we kill him!
30 posted on 12/31/2003 9:38:50 AM PST by philosofy123
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To: kattracks
This could be great news. I'll wait to celebrate until a more reputable news source reports this.
31 posted on 12/31/2003 9:39:11 AM PST by Ragirl
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To: philosofy123
I agree. But I'm sure its all a big conspiracy and that we've already got Bin Laden and Al Zawahiri and that Bush is waiting to release the news as an election suprise.

/sarcasm
32 posted on 12/31/2003 9:40:05 AM PST by ConservativeMan55 (You know how those liberals are. Two's Company but three is a fundraiser.)
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To: Ragirl
Yeah...I always wait until I hear confirmation from Debka, lol.
33 posted on 12/31/2003 9:40:43 AM PST by ConservativeMan55 (You know how those liberals are. Two's Company but three is a fundraiser.)
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To: jpl
I hope he has a briefcase like the one Saddam was carrying around with him.
34 posted on 12/31/2003 9:43:02 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave.)
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To: ConservativeMan55
I was thinking the same thing. I wonder how he endorses his checks. Better not have really big handwriting...
35 posted on 12/31/2003 9:43:24 AM PST by COBOL2Java (If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading this in English, thank a soldier.)
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To: Pan_Yans Wife
Taking care of business BUMP!!
36 posted on 12/31/2003 9:45:14 AM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Bad spellers of the world untie!!)
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To: COBOL2Java
Well.....you've gotta understand Islamic writing looks like third grade scribbling.

Even if you understood Arabic...you probably couldn't make heads or tails of what they were saying.
37 posted on 12/31/2003 9:46:22 AM PST by ConservativeMan55 (You know how those liberals are. Two's Company but three is a fundraiser.)
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To: ConservativeMan55
I don't see how they keep up with the names either -- cannot even pronounce most of them.

This could be huge!
38 posted on 12/31/2003 9:52:51 AM PST by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- Go Sooners -- Support Bush-Cheney '04)
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To: ConservativeMan55
Even if you understood Arabic...you probably couldn't make heads or tails of what they were saying.

Just intercepted...
aba daba daba daba daba daba daba said the monkey to the chimp.

You decide what it means.

39 posted on 12/31/2003 9:53:23 AM PST by evad (Today's Liberal...proof that a bad acid trip can be very lengthy.)
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To: kattracks
Abdallah Muhammed Rajab Abd al-Rahman

Trying saying that real fast. I would hate to be the person on the phone taking down his name/address to send a package to.

40 posted on 12/31/2003 9:53:38 AM PST by chance33_98 (I'm a little tagline short and stout, chance is my handle and the above is his spout)
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