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2008-05-09 Iraq

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Posted by Fred 2008-05-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top
File under: al-Qaeda in Iraq

#1 Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Abdul-Karim Khalaf said that Mosul police "arrested one of al al Qaeda's leaders at midnight and during the primary investigations he admitted that he is Abu Hamza Al-Muhajir."

News of the arrest was also reported by Iraqi state television and Arab satellite TV stations.

The state channel, Iraqiya, said that Minister of Interior Jawad al-Bolani would reward Mosul police for the capture.

Interior Ministry spokesman Khalaf told the station by phone that a source close to the al Qaeda leader informed Mosul police that al-Masri would be at a house in the city's Wadi Hajar area at midnight Wednesday.

"The police raided this house and arrested him. During the primary investigation, he confessed that he is Abu Hamza Al-Muhajir, the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq. Now a broader investigation of him is being conducted," he said to Iraqiya.

If confirmed, the arrest would represent a major blow to al Qaeda in Iraq, which has been on the run for the past year following a shift in alliances by Sunni tribesmen in western Anbar province, and elsewhere, and an influx of thousands of U.S. troops.

Thus the Life of running and hiding for Abu Ayub al-Masri is over... and the life of sitting in court and then swinging begins...

Posted by RD">RD 2008-05-09 01:06|| 2008-05-09 01:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Never fear, Brave Jihadi Holy Warriors! I'm sure he'll never squeal, even if the Iraqis waterboard him.

Or do the Iraquis use pliers and car batteries?

Posted by Bobby 2008-05-09 06:12|| 2008-05-09 06:12|| Front Page Top

#3 The worst thing you can do is waterboard him.

It simulates bathing.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-05-09 07:29|| 2008-05-09 07:29|| Front Page Top

Posted by Abu Uluque 2008-05-09 11:39|| 2008-05-09 11:39|| Front Page Top

#5 I thought these warriors vowed not to be taken alive? Sounds like he likes the game show "Let's Make a Deal".

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2008-05-09 19:06|| 2008-05-09 19:06|| Front Page Top

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