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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He probably will.
I wonder why CNN is re-reunning this story. It first came out on Monday or Tuesday.
LOL, you have a way with words!
Thanks and you're welcome! :-)
Rigggggght, lol!
"Senior al-Qaeda leaders" seem to stay in that position about as long as Roman Emperors stayed in theirs. (ie - not very)
That's an interesting comparison, especially if you think about the dress code... togas.
HEE HEE HEE
An anonymous member of the state department said he is harmless and merely a nice guy who was trying to start a local boy scout troop.
In soccer parlance... USA 5 Ragheads 0.
" ... coalition forces detained a senior member of the terrorist network ..."
Amused at the use of the word "detained"
Surprised at the use of the term "terrorist" by CNN.
LOL! Ouch.
seems they can't operate without women and children to hide behind
Blueflag wrote: "Amused at the use of the word 'detained' "
You're right. They could have used the phrase "guest of the coalition."
Blueflag wrote: "Surprised at the use of the term "terrorist" by CNN."
LOL!
Yes, that's their M.O.
The dominoes keep falling. Zarqawi must have had his entire Christmas list on his laptop.
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