* * * Official: No. 2 al-Qaida in Iraq leader arrested * * *

[nolabels]

BREAKING NEWS
Updated: 7 minutes ago

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's national security adviser on Sunday announced the arrest of the second most senior figure in al-Qaida in Iraq.

Hamed Jumaa Farid al-Saeedi, known as Abu Humam or Abu Rana, was arrested a few days ago, Mouwaffak al-Rubaie said.
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http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14647177/

:rofl: Like how many times can they keep on catching the #2 without getting some of it on them?

[wakeme2008]

1. LOL maybe they are telling the truth this time

"in Iraq" next it will be the 2nd in command of al-Qaida of the third outhouse behind McDonalds in Iraq. :rofl:

[ps1074]

2. number 2?

Who's next?

Mini me or fat bastard?

[etherealtruth]

13. You've got it ...

Everybody is #2.

[Bullshot]

19. As I said in another post

Al-Quaeda has more #2's than a pig with diarrhea.

[radfringe]

50. 39 #2's according to this blog

http://www.blogenlust.net/2006/09/03/a-list-of-captured-or-killed-al-qaeda-in-iraq-2s/

[xchrom]

3. ...

:eyes: and of course there is no al queda in iraq person to take his place?

that of course is imagining that this really is The Number Two guy in the first place.

[Kutjara]

4. Timing is everything.

So they've got Mr. Not Quite Big. I'm willing to bet that he'll have documents on him that point to some 'really huge' terrorist plot that was going to be staged in the US 'real soon now.' Ooh, it'll be a big plot. Huge. Really, really enormous. It'll make 9/11 look like a fender-bender. Feckin' hell, these guys're gonna blow up the friggin' Universe. It'll be one really sizeable goddamn plot.

[JI7]

5. does anyone remember when they printed wanted figures on cards ?

playing cards ? they thought they were being smart with that. whatever happened with that ?

[krispos42]

37. Got tired or reprinting the Ace of Diamonds

Troops were getting like twelve aces while playing poker. "Hey, I have a 5-of-a-kind flush!"

:rofl:

[Arkansas Granny]

6. This is where the remark "it's just a number" is totally appropriate.

[jimshoes]

7. Again

[0007]

12. LOL!

No more number two guy!

[TroglodyteScholar]

20. Great cartoon...I love Luckovich...

Also, this is this first Rance Muhammitz sighting I've ever had on a message board. Good stuff..... ;)

[Pathwalker]

38. LOL! That cartoon says it ALL.

Thanks, I needed that.

[uppityperson]

43. thank you for the excellent graphic illustration

:rofl:

[Eugene]

8. Al-Qaeda in Iraq goes through #2 guys like tissue paper.

Besides, al-Queada in Iraq has always been a minor player
in the Sunni insurgency. The civil war they instigated
is running at full tilt. Iraq is on the verge of breaking up.
This arrest is too little too late.

[Bucky]

56. Well, you don't want the number 2 to go thru the tissue instead, do you?

That of course, is a metaphor for Bush's Iraq policy, where the number two is definitely coming thru the tissue paper.

[shaniqua6392]

9. I thought Zawahiri was number two. Hmmmm?

I thought they killed or captured a lot of number two's already. I guess number three becomes number two when number two gets killed or captured. Do I have that right?? Oh. He was number two in Iraq. So they are in every country and they are all numbered. Wow.

[truthisfreedom]

10. every time they catch a number 2 guy in Iraq, the number 3 guy becomes the

next number 2. so there's literally an infinite number of number 2 guys.

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. I've seen this movie before ...

Leo McKern .... Number Two / ... (3 episodes) (1967-1968)
Patrick Cargill .... Number Two / ... (2 episodes) (1967)
Colin Gordon .... Number Two (2 episodes) (1967)
Eric Portman .... Number Two (1 episode) (1967)
Derren Nesbitt .... New Number Two (1 episode) (1967)
Mary Morris .... Number Two (1 episode) (1967)
Anton Rodgers .... Number Two (1 episode) (1967)
John Sharp .... Number Two (1 episode) (1967)
Clifford Evans .... Number Two (1 episode) (1968)
Guy Doleman .... Number Two (1 episode) (1967)
Peter Wyngarde .... Number Two (1 episode) (1967)
Andre Van Gyseghem .... Retiring Number Two (1 episode) (1967)
George Baker .... The New Number Two (1 episode) (1967)

Full Cast for 'The Prisoner'

[UpInArms]

15. I've Seen That Movie Too

I can see by your eyes you must be lying
When you think I don't have a clue
Baby you're crazy
If you think that you can fool me
Because I've seen that movie too

The one where the players are acting surprised
Saying love's just a four letter word
Between forcing smiles, with the knives in their eyes
Well their actions become so absurd

So keep your auditions for somebody
Who hasn't got so much to lose
`Cause you can tell by the lines I'm reciting
That I've seen that movie too

It's a habit I have, I don't get pushed around
Stop twinkling your star like you do
I'm not the blue print for all of your B films
Because I've seen that movie too

Elton John

[Tesha]

54. The New Number Two

[whiterabbit76]

14. whooopeee!

Is this the 6th or 7th time the number 2 guy has been picked up?

[LostinVA]

16. Good lord, again???

What is this, like the 90th time?

[bluestateguy]

17. This guy?

[Vidar]

18. "I'm not dead yet."

[Eurobabe]

21. How convenient, who is this Number 2? Right after the Cicada video

and Bush's denial of Iraq in Civil War.

Just smarmy.

[spanone]

22. Hmmmm, yesterday it was Al Zawahiri.

bullshit

[WhiteTara]

23. they got tired of being laughed at

right to their faces for #3, so now they have moved up to number 2. As a child, that was the signal for shit. Some things never change :rofl:

[Lost-in-FL]

24. must be No. 2 v 6.0.1

[IChing]

45. No, I think it is version 2.333 that was updated from

the last military's version which was version 2.332
The next update is version 2.334 which is expected to be out sometime before the election
and will be an improvement over the 2.333 version.

[Exultant Democracy]

25. I didn't even know we had a new villian of the week yet

team america -uck yeah!:sarcasm:

[acmavm]

26. Al Quada guys must be kinda dumb. They keep taking that promotion

to the No. 2 spot.

Don't they learn from experience? No. 3 has been caught a couple of times as well. NEVER allow yourself to be promoted any high than No. 4 you dumb shits.

[davsand]

27. Does THIS one have both legs?

I thought they got the one legged guy already--but that he'd re-grown that missing leg before they got him...

...or was that the one armed man???

:think:

I'm just so confused.



Oh look--it's Haley's Comet!!!



Laura

[Evergreen Emerald]

28. They must send out press releases to our media

I remember when, just after the last #2 was captured, the msm did a story on who was now the #2 man. I figured they must, just like Bush, fax talking-points to our media--perhaps with a chart of the chain of command.

[ProSense]

29. Don't miss this very important piece of

food for the wingnuts:

Al-Saeedi was arrested as he was hiding in a residential building, the security adviser said, accusing the terror suspect of trying to use "children and women as human shields," al-Rubaie said, adding that no casualties occurred during the arrest.

"He was hiding in a building used by families. He wanted to use children and women as human shields," Rubaie said.

Working on intelligence gained after the death of Zarqawi, Hamed al-Saeedi was tracked down to a house in Tikrit, where he was reportedly found hiding behind women and children. Al-Saeedi was captured by Iraqi Forces, without a shot being fired.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

30. Who is Number One?

I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered. My life is my own.

[TheCowsCameHome]

31. Which No.2? I'm getting so confused here.

[IndianaGreen]

39. Osama is #1, everyone else is #2

Even the MSM was not taking this too seriously, one CNN TV talk head said "another number two!"

[TheCowsCameHome]

40. Osama who? That name isn't familiar, but I can't place him.

Wasn't he wanted for something at one time?

[TheCowsCameHome]

41. Osama who? That name is familiar, but I can't place him.

Wasn't he wanted for something at one time?

[hedgehog]

32. So that must mean we've won and all the troops can come home!

Happy Day!

[Placebo]

33. #2 number 47

:crazy:

[Orangepeel]

34. um... well, ya see, each time they arrest #2, the old #3 becomes the new#2

yeah, that's the ticket!

Or, maybe it was a tie and they're ALL #2!

[InkAddict]

35. Methinks breaking up the group would involve

be better served by arresting the #'s 2, 3, and 4 of the "Al-Queda in America": Dick Cheney, George Bush, and Donald Rumsfeld.

[HuffleClaw]

36. bwahhahahhahahaaaaa

how many times are they gonna claim this? its gotten just downright silly. and insulting.

[BenDavid]

42. Nothing like getting the Number 2

guy and wording it like it is the Number 2 guy in Al Queda. The mediawhores can word and phrase it so the American dumb will believe it was the guy second in command under Bin Ladin...Think about it. The number 2 appears in a new tape. Next day number 2 guy in Al Queda killed in Iraq...Blur the picture....Blur the wording, and you got 51% dumb Americans.

[PittPoliSci]

44. i guess number two is the job that nobody would want in iraq...

cause they'll keep on catchin' you.

over

and over

and over

and over...

[Eugene]

46. The Iraqi government claims a "fatal blow" against al-Qaeda (again).

Arrest deals 'fatal blow' to al-Qaida in Iraq

· Capture of senior jihadist creates 'leadership crisis'
· Gloomy Pentagon report raises fear of civil war

Julian Borger in Washington
Monday September 4, 2006
The Guardian

The Iraqi government yesterday claimed to have dealt "fatal blows"
to the al-Qaida operation in Iraq with the capture of its deputy
commander, Hamed Jumaa Farid al-Saeedi, and the arrest or killing
of 11 other leading al-Qaida jihadists.

Mr Saeedi's arrest was announced by the national security adviser,
Mouwaffak al-Rubaie, who said that the al-Qaida militant was responsible
for attacks on Shia Iraqis aimed at provoking civil war, including
the bombing of a shrine in Samarra in February, and the organisation
of death squads.

-snip-

"We believe that al-Qaida in Iraq suffers from a serious leadership crisis.
Our troops have dealt fatal and painful blows to this organisation," he said.

-snip-

Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/alqaida/story/0,,1864287,00.html

If this sounds familiar, it's becuase the Iraqi government said
the exact same thing three months ago when al-Zarqawi was killed.

[Olney Blue]

47. Mission accomplished... again.

Can our troops come home now?

[sofa king]

48. Hooray! Thank you so very much, America.

Just now, I was vacillating over which DVD I wish to watch tonight, but now the answer is crystal clear.

I'll be tossing in a couple episodes of The Prisoner.



Tonight, the terrorists have lost!

[pinniped]

49. Their command structure is such that you will never reach the #1 guy.

No, the mythical super terra dude al-Zarqawi doesn't count as the #1 guy because he was made up.

THis is our tax dollars at work.

The pukes are paying people to plant BS like this in various media outlets.

Only suckers buy what these assclowns are selling.

[muriel_volestrangler]

51. Al-Qaeda's No. 114 Killed On Office Depot Run

The FBI has announced that Jalal Dawoud, a suspected al-Qaeda lieutenant, was killed in a single-car accident while en route to procure miscellaneous office supplies Tuesday. "The DHS is proud to announce that this man, ranked No. 114 in al-Qaeda's terrorist organization, was fetching some toner and a box of gel pens, but was struck and killed before he could carry out his orders," said FBI Agent Lloyd Hopkinsen, who led a team of 36 investigators to the accident scene. "This is an important victory in the war against terror." The driver who struck Dawoud, livery cab driver and al-Qaeda's suspected No. 54 man Stefan Abu Ali, was treated for minor injuries and released from a Baltimore hospital.

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/52116

The Onion - from August 31st!

[IChing]

53. I read that too on the day it came out

They must have people that work inside the govt.:) :rofl: :rofl:

[samsingh]

52. so is this the 15th no 2 or what?

[samsingh]

55. this guy could be anyone - how can we believe bush's liars?