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Iraq
al-Qaida in Iraq No. 2 Was Arrested in June
2006-09-06
The arrest of al-Qaida in Iraq's second in command took place in June, and not a few days ago as the Iraqi government had initially announced, a U.S. military spokesman said Wednesday. Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell said Hamed Jumaa Farid al-Saeedi, also known as Abu Humam or Abu Rana, was captured on June 19. Other suspects were in custody, he said, but their names have not yet been made public.
Now the remaining al-Qaida gunnies are wondering who's in custody and if they're talking. Heh heh

National Security Adviser Mouwafak al-Rubaie announced al-Saeedi's arrest Sunday, saying it had occurred a few days earlier. But Caldwell said al-Saeedi had been captured in June, and it was permission to make the arrest public that had been given a few days before.
After his brain had been sucked out and run through the blender. By now his friends would have figured out he was missing
Caldwell said the arrest was the most significant since the death of al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in a U.S. airstrike, which also occurred in June.
I'd wager the intel we got going through al-Zarqawi's stuff led to al-Saeedi's capture.
He added that the man who masterminded the Feb. 22 bombing of a Shiite shrine in Samarra reported directly to al-Saeedi. That attack, 60 miles north of Baghdad, inflamed tensions between Shiite and Sunni Muslims and triggered reprisals for months that have killed hundreds of Iraqis.
Posted by:Steve

#5  al-Qaida in Iraq No. 2 Was Arrested in June

And they've been milking him like the last cow on the farm all that time.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-09-06 16:45  

#4  I wonder if it took more than half a turn on the testicle clamp to get him to sing.
Posted by: gorb   2006-09-06 15:41  

#3  Regards his appearance, recall how oddly the picture of him was cropped? From the chin down - blocked out. Ruined all the rubber hoses and switched to lead pipes? Broke all the No.3 truncheons, did they?

LOL.
Posted by: flyover   2006-09-06 15:22  

#2  He may well not even remember that he talked to hs enemies. Brain chemistry is such a delicate thing, and so easily unbalanced. You may have heard about the issue that putting adolescents on anti-depressants increases the risk of suicide? The impact of swallowing just the wrong pill is noticeable in just a few hours, and changing the formulation slightly can impact the ability to function mentally by the next morning.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-09-06 14:47  

#1  I wonder how al-Saeedi enjoyed the invisible 10 weeks of his vacation? Who was holding and interviewing him during that time - US Army, CIA, Iraqi Armi, or Iraqi police? Were the last nine weeks the amount of time it took for him to heal up from the first week such that he could be presented to public view?
Posted by: Glenmore   2006-09-06 13:24  

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