blog:
http://www.jihadica.com/emirate-of-confusion/
“Emirate of Confusion”
Truls Tønnessen
May 8th, 2009 | AQ in Iraq, Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq
SNIPPET: “Editor’s note: I am delighted to introduce a new contributor, Truls Tønnessen, who is a FFI research fellow as well as a PhD candidate in History at the University of Oslo. He works on jihadism in Iraq and will be covering Iraq for Jihadica.
The alleged arrest of the emir of al-Qaida led Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), Abu Umar al-Baghdadi, has not incited a torrent of reactions on the jihadi web forums so far. Interestingly, the major Iraqi insurgent groups, including the ISI itself, have not commented upon the alleged arrest.
There may be several reasons for this lack of reactions.”
Previously...
blog:
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/04/islamic_state_of_ira_1.php
“Islamic State of Iraq leader reported captured”
By BILL ROGGIOApril 23, 2009 12:32 PM
SNIPPET: “Who is Abu Omar al Baghdadi?
Baghdadi’s true identity has been the source of controversy since the establishment of the Islamic State of Iraq during the summer of 2006.”