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| Iraq |
| Iraqi Army captures al-Qaeda leader, his aide |
| 2007-10-14 |
| (KUNA) -- Iraqi Army on Friday captured a key al-Qaeda leader in Muqdadiya district of Diyala province 57 kilometers northeastern Baghdad along with one of his aides and separately four others, including the Mufti of the so-called Islamic state of Iraq. Brigades belonging to the Army's fifth squadron managed to make the arrest of the leader and his aide on Thursday through a raid, Diyala Operations' Command said in a statement without providing any further details. Another statement by the Command said that the other raid that resulted in arresting the four suspects, took place inside Shams village south of Baquba. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Looks very much like intelligence is opening up the networks faster than than AQ and the Saddamites can plug the leaks. One consequence is that a lot of the guns for hire will drop out cos they no longer like the risk reward ratio. One rarely remarked aspect of the Iraq 'insurgency' is the lack of home grown true believers. Normally, the source of recruits and the sea in which they swim. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2007-10-14 17:53 |
| #2 It's been happening, Doc. The 'surge' is both the savior of Iraqi freedom and the needle in Pelosi's eye. The Iraq war is politically off the table, and the donks are working late trying to come up with an issue. Some really stupid donks would give $5,000 to everyone.....well, maybe not. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-10-14 11:25 |
| #1 Look for more stories such as these. Iraqis are by and large outraged by the number of atrocities committed, not by the "Great Satan Occupiers," but by AQI, by and large by "illegal immigrants" to Iraq. Meanwhile, with the Iraqi Sunnis onboard, look for the MNF to turn its attention to those nasty Iranian tourists. |
| Posted by: doc 2007-10-14 11:13 |