Al-Qaida in Iraq leader reported arrested (they got a number ONE finally!)

Al-Qaida in Iraq leader reported arrested
Published: 5/8/08, 9:25 PM EDT
By PATRICK QUINN

BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi police commandos captured the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq in a raid in the northern city of Mosul, Iraqi officials said Thursday, in what could mark a significant blow to the Sunni insurgency in its last urban stronghold.

Iraqi Defense Ministry Spokesman Mohammed al-Askari said the arrest of Abu Ayyub al-Masri - also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir - was reported by the Iraqi commander in Mosul, where insurgents have sought to establish a foothold after being widely uprooted from Baghdad and surrounding areas last year.

The U.S. military in Baghdad said it was "checking with Iraqi authorities to confirm the accuracy of this information."

Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Abdul-Karim Khalaf said the arrest occurred "at midnight and during the primary investigations he admitted that he is Abu Hamza Al-Muhajir."

Khalaf told the Iraqi state television that al-Masri was arrested during a police raid, but gave no other details.

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they got #3 about 7 times

they got #2 like 3 times

it was only a matter of time before 'we' got #1 at least ONCE

(although I've never heard of this guy before today ~ before 'they' proclaimed him as #1.....)

So much for my career in fantisical espionage....I just can't keep these guys straight......I don't think it's *me*


:crazy:

I bet two or three during the Democratic convention

Snort :rofl:

to distract from Bin laden and justify an attack, you cant have captured him, hes scheduled to be in Iran in 3 months.

...it's not likely he'd be found in Iran except dead. Sunnis and Shiites, not best friends.

But who the heck knows WHO this guy really is? The lies from our government and the Iraqi puppets are so thick it's impossible to see the floor without a backhoe any more.