Aide of al-Qaida in Iraq leader captured, U.S. military says

[sabra]

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/04/africa/ME_GEN_Iraq_Terrorist_Arrest.php

Aide of al-Qaida in Iraq leader captured, U.S. military says
The Associated Press

BAGHDAD, Iraq An aide of the head of al-Qaida in Iraq was arrested last week, and U.S. and Iraqi forces killed or captured more than 600 suspected members of the terror group in September, the top U.S. military spokesman in Iraq said Wednesday.

The associate of Abu Ayyub al-Masri was captured in a series of raids carried out Sept. 28 in Baghdad that also seized 31 other al-Qaida suspects, Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell told reporters.

He said the associate had worked as al-Masri's driver and personal assistant and had been involved in planning bombings in the capital.

"We feel very comfortable that we're continuing to move forward very deliberately in an effort to find (al-Masri) and kill or capture him," Caldwell said.

[European Socialist]

1. Oh boy, another turning point.

[IndianaGreen]

10. Another Number Two is captured!

Victory is at hand!

[kurth]

2. What NUMBER is he? 2, 3, 15, 0, -1?

[Dr Batsen D Belfry]

3. More like Avogadro's number (n/t)

[enigma000]

4. My guess is they grab al-Masri in late October n/t

[sabra]

6. I wouldn't be suprised... Last week an Iraqi official said al-Masri

would be caught soon... How does he know? Maybe he's already been captured, and is "on ice" ?

[Supersedeas]

5. does an aide to #1 make him #2....again

[Barrett808]

7. Time to break out the waterboard.

We'll get whatever answer we want to hear.

[jokerman93]

8. More than 600 killed or captured!!!

Jeez! That's a HUGE haul! We must've got dozens of masterminds and number two guys this time! Surely we've turned a corner! Yep. blues skies, baby! This "Terra" war thing should be winding down any day now!:party: :sarcasm:

[yellowcanine]

9. He said the associate had worked as al-Masri's driver and personal assista

Yup, they caught a big fish all right.

[pinniped]

11. Is this the coffee fetcher or the donut getter?

Fax operator, video producer, personal driver?

Does anyone believe this shit?

U.S. and Iraqi forces killed or captured more than 600 suspected members of the terror group in September, the top U.S. military spokesman in Iraq said Wednesday.

If anything, they rounded up adult and young adult males chilling on the street and took them away.

Rummy the Dummy is using our $$$$ to pay the Iraqi papers to run phony stories.