BREAKING: Abu Omar al-Baghdadi Captured (Or not: see #210)

ap ^ | 3/9/07

[bnelson44]

BAGHDAD (AP) -- An Iraqi military spokesman says the leader of the al-Qaida-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, has been captured in a raid west of Baghdad. U.S. officials had no confirmation

[WV Mountain Mama]

I would prefer to see proof, as in his dead mugshot, but I could settle for this. If I have to.

[waimea.man]

CNN Breaking News Banner:
Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, leader of the militant group Islamic State of Iraq, has been arrested in western Baghdad, the Interior Ministry tells CNN.

[gulfcoast6]

Naw, he had better bend over and kiss his butt good by if the Iraq's do the questioning.

[HardStarboard]

>>>Also, on O'Reilly, he mentioned that violence was down 80% since the surge...<<<

Shia on Sunni violence is down 80%
Sunni on Shia violence is down 80%
Sunni on Sunni violence is down 80%
Shia on Shia violence is down 80%
Democrat on Democrat violence is up 80%

This General Petraeus guy is good!

[lilylangtree]

Hot diggity dog! Salute!

[granite]

bttt

[DCPatriot]

Of course the violence has gone down 80%. They temporarily put down their weapons and dissolved into the population.

Just like Saddam's army did back in 2003.

While this capture is tremendous news, the violence will never end.

[TommyDale]

This is completely impossible. The Democrats said there are no Al Qaeda in Iraq. /sarcasm

[windchime]

Fox: Iraqi Spokesman Says Leader of Major Al-Qaeda-Linked Group Captured Near Baghdad

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258088,00.html

[Pete98]

Yup, nothing but a "catch and release" game, just like on our southern border. And these jerks are right back blowing up GIs as soon as they're released.

[windchime]

Isn't this a different guy than al Masri?

[jmc1969]

Our goal isn't to 'end' the violence. Our goal with the surge is to give us time to build up the Iraqi Army and put them in bases around Iraq to let them take the reigns and slowly destory the insurgency.

We have done IMHO a very uneven job of building up the Iraqi Army. If we want the surge to do what we want it to we need to really build up the Iraq Army this year.

[fatnotlazy]

"Abu Omar al-Baghdadi"


Sounds like an alias to me.

But anyway.....another one bites the dust. Beautiful.

[girlangler]

Oh no, we are losing in Iraq, we need to hurry and pull out of there. I just emailed this story to my cowardly Democrat congressman, along with my comments.

I hope thay don't hurt this poor guy or his feelings, put panties on his head or anything.

[windchime]

So this is the bomb expert that was captured? Bonus!

[bnelson44]

Iraqi MOI may have figured out his secret identity only very recently. His name, allegedly? Khalid al-Mashhadani.

http://www.iraqslogger.com/index.php/post/1805/Abu_Omar_al-Baghdadis_Hidden_Identity

[Red Badger]

Now, will the MSM notice?...........Hardly. It'll be buried in the evening news as another bad day in Baghdad story.......