US Forces in Iraq Detain 61 Al-Qaeda Members

[ECH1969]

American forces in Iraq have reportedly detained 61 people linked to al-Qaeda Iraq led by Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

Spokesman of multinational forces in Iraq, General Rick Lynch said in a statement announced earlier today the detained al-Qaeda members were captured during an operation on a training camp near the city of Felluce (Fallaujah) on Monday.

The US forces conduct regular operations in the Al Anbar region, a popular area for sheltering many foreign insurgents.

http://www.zaman.com/?bl=hotnews&alt=&trh=20060302&hn=30411

[Captain Hilts]

1. Were they carrying membership cards? nt

[xxqqqzme]

5. no they were wearing T-shirts!

screen print front said "I'm al- Qeada - Bring 'em on'. The back has a picture of Osama w/ the caption 'you're doing a heck-of-a-job'

[bullimiami]

2. smells like propaganda. lies. truth streeeeetttttttching.

there will be a retraction or modification, only it will be later when its mostly forgotten and hidden in the back pages of the papers.

[MindPilot]

3. They got 61 number twos!!! eom

[iwanmycntrybak]

4. 61 poor innocent bystanders

[Sin]

6. Yea.

So where's the blood trail?

They should have mentioned they got the Number 2# guy again Or killed some one like the #5 guy
You may ask were the #3 and #4 guys are, due to a supervisor mix up they both got there 2 weeks
vacation at the same time so look out #6 there coming for you next

that would have defiantly added the flair to give the story more credit.

[VegasWolf]

7. Another 61 children and old people??? nt

[Roland99]

8. Anyone who's not an Iraqi is now Al Qaeda. Makes it convenient.

[Malva Zebrina]

9. knowing; what we know about propaganda, why should we believe this?

Jessica Lynch saga--lie. Pat Tillman--lie.

Bush will invoke the name al-Qaeda anywhere he thinks it will drive Americans into a frenzy of fear and retaliation. His goal now is to save himself from the humiliation of his failure and possibly from criminal charges. If they are not Al- Qaeda, they will be tortured humiliated and beaten, some possibly to death, until they beg for mercy and eventually forced to say they are Al Qaeda

I don't believe one single thing of it.

[MidwestTransplant]

10. I find it rather suspicious that 61 hardened Jihadists would go down

without a fight to the death.

[specimenfred1984]

11. Where's the Hero Soldier From Yesterday...

He was in GD yesterday showing us all the sunshine and roses from Iraq. He also said he saw a lot of Al-Qaeda in Iraq. He failed to mention why they were there, and if he has ever tortured, murdered, slaughtered...oh well, I'll stop there.

[JuniperLea]

12. Sure

Sure they did.

How convenient.

[wallwriter]

13. Don't you know that by drawing attention

to American operations and intelligence capabilities during a war, you are only helping the enemy? You obviously hate freedom and want the terrorists to win.

[Tempest]

14. Isn't Lynch the same one who denied the recent violence?

While standing knee deep in bodies, Lynch claimed there were no deaths.

[Norquist Nemesis]

15. Boy that was fast confirmation!!! Three days and they know

that all 61 are al Queda! :think:

[louis-t]

16. Good. They caught 'em. Is the war over now?

"....al-Qaeda members were captured during an operation on a training camp near the city of Felluce (Fallaujah) on Monday."

Sounds like they captured some of the Iraqis the U.S. military is training.