Report: Al Qaeda Big Arrested

NewsMax.com ^ | 12/31/03 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[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."

[McGruff]

My question is where was he picked up? Iran would be interesting.

[Coop]

I've conducted a variety of searches on the Web and come up with nothing to support this yet.

[Sabertooth]

I hope we see it on a more reputable source soon.

Limbacher is quoting MEMRI, but I don't see anything there.

[MinuteGal]

Abdallah Muhammed Rajab Abd Al-Rahman aka Aka Ahmad Hassan Abu Al-Khir....

Does he sign into a motel as Ab Doe?

Leni

[CatoRenasci]

No, no, this could be Hugh!

[cibco]

"Sounds like FR's intermittent Balkan poster. Europe trembles."

That would be Fusion. He has been looking for "Allah's suitcase" for a couple of years now.

Never fly United Airlines. Their baggage handling sucks...

[Loyal Buckeye]

Or, it could make AQ really really mad at us. ;-)

[AmericanInTokyo]

Abdallah Muhammed Rajab Abd Al-Rahman aka Aka Ahmad Hassan Abu Al-Khir.... Does he sign into a motel as Ab Doe? Leni

I dunno. But he might be leaving boxes of THIS behind...when he checks out!

[Tricorn]

"But America is no safer."

Howard Dean

[Mo1]

Has this been reported anywhere else?

[Quilla]

So far, Mo, Newsmax is the lone ranger on this one.

[kattracks]

I've been checking the wires, MEMRI and other sources and haven't found it reported on any of these yet.

[DaughterofEve]

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

And think about the rest of those lyrics:

"All night long they chatter away"...

[nwctwx]

December 30, 2003
ISLAMIST SOURCES IN LONDON SAY EGYPTIAN ISLAMIST LEADER ABDALLAH MUHAMMAD RAJAB ABD AL-RAHMAN, AKA AHMAD HASSAN ABU AL-KHIR, WHO IS IN CHARGE OF AL-QA'IDA FINANCES AND THE RIGHT HAND MAN OF AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI, HAS BEEN ARRESTED. ABU AL-KHIR WAS PREVIOUSLY SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ABSENTIA IN EGYPT. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 12/29/03)

http://www.memri.org/ticker.html

[DannyTN]

And another one gone, and another one gone
Another one bites the dust

[Mo1]

Thanks for the info

Nothing against Newmax .. but this is a HUGE story if true .. I think I'll wait for backup of this story before I get to excited

[cars for sale]

pronouncing those names sounds more like a fat opera singer with a chicken bone stuck in the throat

[Shermy]

50-50 another catch and release in Iran.

25-75 this guy ordered the Turkey bombings, or Iran is telling Turkey this is the guy.

Just more Iranian management of their adopted AQ weapon supply.

[Spruce]

Time for the "Pliers-of-Truth" and the "Jumper-Cables-of-Justice"

[smith288]

"The forces of Islam and Jihad are starting to chase the crusaders and the hypocrites of Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine, and the Arab peninsula."

Yea...Chased so much that western companies are now setting up shop in Iraq and Afghanistan... Do they know what chasing means?