Al-Qaeda's #2 in Iraq Captured; Media Silent

[slamminshaun]

I didn't see this splashed on the news over the weekend....did any of you? But wait, I thought Al-Qaeda wasn't in Iraq...??

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,211960,00.html

[trancepriest]

Why should they care? The next day they found about 40 bodies all scattered over Baghdad.

[pod]

If you read the thread title right, it's funny.

[trancepriest]

Heck this news was covered everywhere anyhow. Thank Bush for Al
Qaeda being in Iraq.

[mursa]

....Why should iraq be safer qith number 2 caught ,,,when nothing has changed since number 1 "Zarqawi! went POOOF ?! ..

...just another pro-republican propoganda , part 54.

[saintjohn]

Just how many AQ lieutenants are there in Iraq, anyway?

Hamed Jumaa Farid al-Saeedi, aka Abu Humam, aka Abu Rana (9-3-06)

al Qaeda in Iraq’s “second most senior member.”


Mansur Suleiman al-Mashhadani (6-20-06)

Zarqawi’s “a right-hand man”


Mohammed Hila Hammad Obeidi (4-06-06)

“said to have close ties to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi”


Abu al-Farouq (2-27-06)

“previously unknown;” “top aide.”


Bilal Mahmud Awad Shebah, aka Abu Ubaydah (10/14/05)

“Gatekeeper, Courier, Confidant of Zarqawi.”


Sa’ad Ali Firas Muntar al-Dulaimi, aka Abu Abdullah 10/15/05)

“Highly regarded” by top al Qaeda in Iraq leaders, including the group’s chief, Jordanian Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.


Abu Azzam (9/27/05)

‘The No. 2 official in the al-Qaida in Iraq organization.’
“The top deputy to Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.”


Mohammed Salah Sutton, aka Abu Zubair (8/14/05)

“A lieutenant of al-Qaida terror boss Abu Musab al Zarqawi.”


Abu Abd al-Aziz (7/13/05)

“Zarqawi’s ‘main leader in Baghdad’”


Khalid Suleiman Darwish, aka Abu Alghadiya (6/26/05)

A Syrian dentist…was described by Arab media as the ‘number two’ in Iraq’s al Qaeda network and tipped to succeed its leader Abu Musab Al Zarqawi.”


Mohammed Khalaf Shakar, aka Abu Talha (6/17/05)

“A top lieutenant of terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.”


Mullah Mahdi, aka Abu Abdul Rahman (6/4/05)

“Suspected deputy of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi”


Abu Karrar (5/27/05)

“The Washington Post quoted a Zarqawi lieutenant by the nom-de-guerre of Abu Karrar as saying the Jordanian militant was shot and wounded in fighting with US forces near the western city of Ramadi.”


Mullah Kamel al-Assawadi (5/25/05)

“Described as one of al-Zarqawi’s top lieutenants.”


Agha Umar (5/25/05)

“A top aide to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi”


Amar Adnan Muhammad Hamzah al-Zubaydi, aka Abu al-Abbas (5/9/05)

“A high-ranking aide to terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.”


Ghassan Muhammed Amin Husayn al-Rawi (4/26/05)

“A key associate of Iraq’s most wanted militant, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.”


Hamza Ali Ahmed al-Wdimizyar, aka Abu Majid (beginning of April-05)

“Zarqawi associate”


Salman Aref Abulkadir Khwamurad al-Zardowe, aka Abu Sharif (beginning of April-05)

“Zarqawi associate”


Taifor Abulsattar Malallah (3/8/05)

“One of the ‘princes’ of Musab al-Zarqawi’s terrorist group.”


Talib Mikhlif Arsan Walman al-Dulaymi, aka Abu Qutaybah (2/25/05)

“Iraqi forces have captured a man described as a trusted aide to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.”


Mohammed Najm Ibrahim, aka Mohammed Najm (2/25/05)

“Zarqawi lieutenant”


Adel Mujtaba, aka Abu Rim (2/20/05)

“A propaganda chief of al-Qaeda’s frontman in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi”


Anat Mohammed Hamat al-Kays, aka Abu Alid (1/28/05)

“High-level Zarqawi lieutenant”


Sami Mohammed Ali Said Jaaf, aka Abu Omar Kurdi (1/25/05)

“A senior aide to Abu Musab al Zarqawi”
“The ‘most lethal’ top lieutenant of al Qaeda’s leader in Iraq.”


Ismael Jeddan (1/23/05)

“The raids also netted a man identified as Ismael Jeddan, an alleged associate of al-Zarqawi.”


Ali Hamad Ardani Yasin Isawi (1/20/05)

“top lieutenant”


Inad Mohammed Qais (1/20/05)

“The deputy prime minister for national security affairs, Barham Salih, later told a news conference that authorities have arrested a third Zarqawi lieutenant.”


Salah Salman Idaaj Matar Luhaybi, aka Abu Sayf (12/31/04)

“Zarqawi’s chief of operations in Baghdad”


Fadil Hussain Ahmed al-Kurdi, aka Abu Ubaydah al-Kurdi, aka Ridha (12/30/04)

“A senior member of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s network.”


Abdul Aziz Sa’dun Ahmed Hamduni, aka Abu Ahmed (12/22/04)

“Zarqawi-linked leader”


Hassan Ibrahim Farhan Zyda (12/14/04)

“An aide to Iraq’s most-wanted man, Jordanian Islamist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi”


Abu Saeed (11/26/04)

“A lieutenant of Iraq’s most feared terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi”


Nameless (10/23/04)

The US military has arrested a ’senior leader’ in the network run by Jordanian mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.”


Omar Yusef Juma’a, aka Abu Anas al-Shami (9/25/04)

“A senior aide of the Jordanian al Qaeda mastermind, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi”


Umar Baziyani (6/4/04)

“A top aide of al-Qaeda suspect Abu Musab al-Zarqawi”
“His capture removes one of Zarqawi’s most valuable officers from his network.”


Abu Mohammed Hamza (2/24/04)

“A key lieutenant to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.”


Hassan Ghul (2/23/04)

“The letter was found on al-Zarqawi lieutenant Hassan Ghul, a Pakistani captured in Iraq.”

Source, with relevant links:

http://www.blogenlust.net/2006/09/03...da-in-iraq-2s/

[slamminshaun]

But Saint John, I thought Al-Qaeda wasn't in Iraq....

[trancepriest]

Originally Posted by Slammin'

But Saint John, I thought Al-Qaeda wasn't in Iraq....

No one said al Qaeda wasn't in Iraq. Bush brought Al Qaeda to Iraq so we all know al Qaeda is in Iraq now.

[saintjohn]

Originally Posted by Slammin'

But Saint John, I thought Al-Qaeda wasn't in Iraq....

There not supposed to be, according to those pundits and terror "experts" who claimed befoe the war that Al Qaeda would never cooperate with secular Baathists.

After his arrest, al-Saeedi said Al Qaeda in Iraq was cooperating with supporters of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein "in the fields of exchanging information and logistic support," the security adviser said.

[trancepriest]

Originally Posted by saintjohn

There not supposed to be, according to those pundits and terror "experts" who claimed befoe the war that Al Qaeda would never cooperate with secular Baathists.

After his arrest, al-Saeedi said Al Qaeda in Iraq was cooperating with supporters of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein "in the fields of exchanging information and logistic support," the security adviser said.

What evidence do you have that al Qaeda was in Iraq during Saddam Husseins rule?