Posted on 06/23/2006 3:18:20 AM PDT by bd476
CNN
Iraq: Transition of Power
U.S. military: Top al Qaeda member captured
Friday, June 23, 2006; Posted: 5:36 a.m. EDT (09:36 GMT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Less than two weeks after al Qaeda in Iraq leader Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in a U.S. airstrike, coalition forces detained a senior member of the terrorist network, according to the U.S. military.
A military statement Friday did not identify the man who was captured during a raid on Monday. That raid came two days after another senior member of the network -- Mansur Sulayman Mansur Khalif, also known as Sheikh Mansur -- also was killed in a coalition airstrike.
Monday's raid took place southwest of Baquba, not far from where al-Zarqawi's safehouse -- north of Baquba -- was bombed on June 7.
The man detained along with three other suspected terrorists "is reportedly a senior al Qaeda cell leader throughout central Iraq, north of Baghdad," the military statement said.
"He is known to be involved in facilitating foreign terrorists throughout central Iraq, and is suspected of having ties to previous attacks on Coalition and Iraqi forces," it said.
The military said the raid also turned up an AK-47 and several magazines of ammunition that the coalition forces destroyed on site.
Several women and children, who were present at the sites of the raid, were all returned to their homes, unharmed, after the forces determined the area was secured, the statement said.
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BTTT
Thanks for the ping!
Sounds like those intel gifts we "inherited" after killing Zark Pig are still paying off.
Or this is a result of more new intel gained when our guys took out the garbage listed in Zark Pigs little portable finger disk.
I was too lazy to post 'em, but today the Saudis killed 6 AQ terrorists and captured another, and the Pakistanis captured 5 foreigners suspected of AQ ties.
"Roday the Saudis killed 6 AQ terrorists and captured another, and the Pakistanis captured 5 foreigners suspected of AQ ties."
Good news. Many of us felt that the Saudis would be doing these one way roundups after we shared AQ intel with them after Zark Pig was Zotted. Jordan and Saudi land may not be safe havens for any AQ serial killers.
WOW.. thanks for the list. Will pass it on.
Thank! Too bad the legacy media does not report it.
What a lot of these idiots don't realize is that most whack-a-mole games *do* have a predetermined end, if you are good enough and fast enough. At some point, the machine gives up and says "you win," rather than continue to pay out tickets. (One of my friends is actually good enough to get to this point on just about any machine he's ever seen.)
But obviously, none of these idiots were good enough or stuck around long enough to find this out.
Meanwhile.....back at the ranch, the NYT and the LAT don't think it's right that we should be cutting off funds of the poor terrorists. I WANT THOSE PUBLICATIONS SHUT DOWN! Treasonous bastards!
Ah! But do they have a Jack Bauer?
;^)
Good info; thanks.
Maybe the New York Times should write a front page article on this very subject:"IRAQ SAFE HOUSES ARE NO LONGER SAFE."
Bump, good post Tonkin!
Sorry, Dems only care about Osama.
Of course, 5 seconds after we catch Osama, they will say he doesn't matter anymore.
Lets just hope they find those bastards that tortured our two soldiers.
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