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Iraq
Ghul was captured near the Iranian border
2004-01-26
The United States has captured two senior Al Qaida operatives in Iraq.
We knew that...
U.S. officials said one Al Qaida operative was captured near the Iranian border by allied Kurdish forces. The other was nabbed by U.S. Special Operations troops.
We didn't know that.
Both operatives were identified as senior members of Al Qaida or its satellite organization. Officials said the capture could help the United States understand the extent of Al Qaida’s network, particularly in Iraq. Hasan Ghul was captured on Thursday during what officials said was a visit to Iraq. Ghul was identified as a senior Al Qaida operative based in Pakistan and a colleague of former operations chief Khaled Sheik Mohammed. Ghul was said to have conducted a mission to help organize new cells in Iraq.
Posted by:Dan Darling

#4  Might the Iranians have handed him over?
Posted by: JAB   2004-1-26 10:23:59 PM  

#3   "goyyim version of Debka,"

ROFL.

BTW, should be "goyyish version of Debka"

Posted by: liberalhawk   2004-1-26 1:09:52 PM  

#2   NIN is pretty much the goyyim version of Debka, from what I've seen of it. There have been reports of US Special Forces running black ops in and out of Iran for the last year - I even saw one on a fairly reliable Indian intel website. I would generally take NIN with a grain of salt, though ...
Posted by: Dan Darling   2004-1-26 11:41:58 AM  

#1  Found this on another site. Didn't see any references to the JFK assassination. Didn't look like Debka. I don't know that it's accurate - though it might pertain to Ghul's capture.
On 22 January 2004, the Northeast Intelligence Network was in contact with two intelligence sources and one military source who separately and independently verified that that a "major Special Ops grab and go mission" took place about 48 hours prior in the southern region of Iran, a place we would not normally like to admit we have been. A HVT (High Value Target) of al Qaeda was scooped by special forces and removed from Iran. The sources would not identify the "target," but refused to deny that it was bin Laden. We were advised that other al Qaeda captures have been and would continue to take place, many from new information obtained from recently captured al Qaeda sources.
Posted by: Super Hose   2004-1-26 11:31:56 AM  

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