Top al-Qaida official taken in Iraq raid (but not the one originally reported)

[maddezmom]

Top al-Qaida official taken in Iraq raid By SAMEER N. YACOUB, Associated Press Writer
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BAGHDAD - Iraqi officials said Saturday they had arrested a top al-Qaida official, but that he was not the terror mastermind Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, as they had identified him a day earlier.

"After preliminary investigations, it was proven that the arrested al-Qaida person is not Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, but, in fact, another important al-Qaida official," said Brig. Gen. Qassim al-Mousawi, an Iraqi military spokesman. "Interrogations and investigations are still under way to get more information."

Al-Mousawi declined to give the suspect's name on Saturday.

Also Saturday, a suicide car bomb struck Baghdad's Shiite militia stronghold of Sadr City, killing at least 10 people, police said. The bomb hit an Iraqi patrol and scattered burning debris for hundreds yards, witnesses said.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070310/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

Iraqi ministry: Militant leader arrested in Baghdad
POSTED: 12:24 a.m. EST, March 10, 2007
Story Highlights• Abu Omar al-Baghdadi said to be leader of Islamic State of Iraq
• Group has claimed responsibility for attacks on U.S. and Iraqi forces
• Al-Baghdadi reportedly identified by man arrested with him
• U.S. has not confirmed arrest

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, leader of the militant group Islamic State of Iraq, was arrested Friday in western Baghdad, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said.

The al Qaeda-affiliated group last week posted a video on the Web that showed the execution of a group of Interior Ministry workers they allegedly kidnapped.

One Web site that typically carries the group's messages said the men were killed to retaliate for the alleged rape of a Sunni woman by police, whose ranks are made up largely of Shiite members. (Full story)

A high-ranking Interior Ministry official said al-Baghdadi was arrested a few hours after the Iraqi army initiated an operation in a village in the Abu Ghraib district.

more: http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/09/iraq.main/index.html?section=cnn_latest

[BushOut06]

1. I'm sure he was wearing an "Al Qaeda" nametag

Yawn.

[C_U_L8R]

2. yeah and if they found his decoder ring

then perhaps Bush can finally find Bin Laden

:shrug:

[MGKrebs]

3. Maybe it was Sheik Yerbouti.

:)

[maddezmom]

6. ....

:D that always cracks me up!

[xchrom]

7. who lives in djibouti.

[pinniped]

4. Whaaaaat, no Butcher? Is this an apprentice butcher or what?

All of these BS capture stories are the same.

They made one mistake already, why they hell should anyone believe them now?

[Eugene]

5. The Butcher was a local #3 guy. They have him.

U.S. and Iraqi military claimed three big insurgent captures yesterday.
Al Baghdadi is a figurehead #1 guy. They missed him. They got another
#2 guy instead.

[Kber]

8. Oh. It was the OTHER 2nd in command guy.