Iraq forces arrest top al-Qaeda lieutenant

Posted 1/24/2005 8:54 AM Updated 1/24/2005 8:58 AM

Iraq forces arrest top al-Qaeda lieutenant
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi security forces have arrested the "most lethal" top lieutenant of al-Qaeda's leader in Iraq — a man allegedly behind 75% of the car bombings in Baghdad since the U.S.-led invasion, the prime minister's office said Monday.

Sami Mohammed Ali Said al-Jaaf, also known as Abu Omar al-Kurdi, was arrested during a Jan. 15 raid in Baghdad, a government statement said Monday. Two other militants linked to Jordanian-born Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's terror group also have been arrested, authorities announced Monday.

Al-Jaaf was "the most lethal of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's lieutenants," the statement said.

Jordanian-born al-Zarqawi heads al-Qaeda in Iraq, the terror network's local affiliate. The group is behind many of the car bombings, beheadings, assassinations and other attacks driving the insurgency in Iraq.

Al-Jaaf was responsible for 32 car bombing attacks that killed hundreds of Iraqis, the statement said.


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Although some of the terrorism in Iraq may be directed/funded by Al Qaeda, much of the bombings/beheadings/kidnapping is on behalf of the Sunnis who have the most to lose from the elections.

He's been a busy boy.

al-Qaeda leaders are dead or captured? This leaves 25% of the bombings now done by 25% of al-Qaeda low level operatives. Am I understanding this?

The question is was this high level al-Qaeda operative using 75% of the high end bombing material. Because if this isn't true than the 25% of the low level operatives may have 75% of the high ending bombing material.

I think they've had al-Zarqawi for about two months now and will announce his capture just before the Iraq "selections". Got to hand it to this Alawi guy. He's learned how to manage news cycles and keep the media in his pocket from the "best".

Funny how whenever * numbers tank, some "swarthy" Middle Eastern guy just happens to show up in handcuffs. :boo: We really need a smiley for "BOO".

I swear, they pull more evil guys out of the closet, than are in a Stephen King novel.

Wonder how far he'll have to sink before we see Osama's teeth in a necklace around *'s neck. I was surprised they didn't have Osama rise up from the crowd at the inaugural so * could have pulled his "six-shooter" out and blasted him. Too bad there was such a small crowd.

One week before the elections and they capture the guy responsible for most the bombings. Now the people can go to the polls with the knowledge that they will be safe. What a snow job.

:wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf:

are named in the article as doing the work our soldiers were doing just a short time ago. Personally, I could care less how much of this is propaganda by the Iraqi government as long as our soldiers are not doing the dirty work and are one step closer to coming home.

Iraqi security forces have arrested the "most lethal" top lieutenant of al-Qaeda's leader in Iraq —

Authorities also announced Monday that Iraqi security forces had arrested a man described as the chief of al-Zarqawi's propaganda operations.

And in the northern city of Mosul, Iraqi forces seized one of al-Zarqawi's weapons suppliers.

Just last month, U.S. commanders in Iraq were saying the Iraqi forces were still unable to function independently.

Now all of a sudden they are?

U.S. forces were definitely involved, but for American consumption, the Pentagon wants everyone to believe they were not.

That way when BushCo cuts and runs, and things go to hell in Iraq, BushCo can say they left the country in the capable hands of the Iraqi forces.

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I wonder how long before they retract this "75%" estimate.

IRR 012305

Iraqi Resistance Command proclaims Victory in al-
Fallujah, evacuates city to fight elsewhere.

The correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam in al-Fallujah on
Sunday reported that the Iraqi Resistance on Saturday
evening had reached a tactical decision to withdraw from
the southern parts of the city, most of which they have held
since before the American assault that began on 8
November 2004. The Resistance has decided to pull out of
the southern parts of al-Fallujah, withdrawing to outside
the ash-Shuhada’ and al-Jubayl neighborhoods and the parts
of the an-Nazal neighborhood that they control after having
taken it back in heavy fighting during the last two
days.

Just more bushit from the bushCartel. *yawn*

Tactical decision to try to have the big explosions there to "disrupt" the elections...it promises to be bloody for everyone. Our guys are going to have a real rough go of it for the next week.

"saving up for it" :D

Hmm...if our intelligence is that accurate on this guy, why didn't we get him before? And why aren't we getting the less lethal, seems they'd be less competent at hiding from US forces.


What a freakin' joke of propaganda that is.

oh boy... Strauss was not that incompetent but his students... that is a whole different matter

32 car bombing attacks account for 75%. Bull-fucking-shit.

as BBC pointed out yeterday the Interim government has offered no proof of these fantasies. 75% is a joke! al-Qaeda connections? LOL!
This is pure horseshit for comatose ameriKans.

Statistically , there must be a few left handers and bottom lieutenants, no? Anyway, since when is al-Zarqawi part of al Qaeda? Either I am getting my terrorist groups mixed up (now how in the heck could that happen?) or they are.

Of course, this was anti-Saddam activity, so that did not make him a terrorist, no, of course not. (Sorry, no link, but I would almost swear I read about it in The Economist some time ago.)

I am surmising that Allawi gave thoughtful consideration to connections from his not-too-distant past, then he connected some dots and came up with some good conclusions as to the instigators of the current car bombings. He followed through by alerting the "Iraqi forces."

People are being sold out left and right in Iraq. Democracy in action.