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Iraq-Jordan
Soddy captured near Mosul, all but 1 of Zarqawi's top minions toes up or jugged
2005-03-14
The Iraqi army announced it had prevented a suicide bombing on a base near the northern oil centre of Kirkuk Sunday and arrested a Saudi national who had been preparing to carry it out. "Our forces succeeded in thwarting a suicide attack against our K1 base, one of the main Iraqi army bases, eight kilometres north of Kirkuk," regional commander General Anwar Hamad Amin told AFP. "The soldiers intercepted the car at 11.30am (4.30pm Brunei Time) at a traffic control point as it headed to the base." The driver swiftly confessed that he was a Saudi national loyal to Iraq's al-Qaeda frontman Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Amin added.

The Iraqi government said Thursday that it had killed or captured all of al-Zarqawi's top lieutenants except one, whom it identified as Abu Talha, based in the main northern city of Mosul.
Posted by:Dan Darling

#19  No BigEd. Have a walnut and think.
Posted by: Kolac   2005-03-14 8:04:56 PM  

#18  #8 .com:
The devil's bargain the House of Saud made with the Wahhabists will destroy them both.
And the downside to this is....?

That's not a bug, that's a feature! :-D

(And a richly deserved one on both sides.)
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2005-03-14 4:27:22 PM  

#17  
TRILOBITES?
Posted by: BigEd   2005-03-14 4:24:36 PM  

#16  Like Triloites?
Posted by: Danny Thomas   2005-03-14 4:22:37 PM  

#15  al-Ghamdis are easily identified by their third eye.
Posted by: Mrs. Davis   2005-03-14 2:35:32 PM  

#14  Lemme guess...a million al-Ghamdis...and they still only marry their first cousins. Thanks for the update.
Posted by: Seafarious   2005-03-14 2:33:32 PM  

#13  Sea - I just got off the phone with a friend who came back from SaoodiLand last August. He told me that there were 1 MILLION people in the Al Ghamdi clan - not just in Saudi, but across the M.E. Floored me -- and explains why they pop up with such amazing frequency. Just thought you would like to know. :-0
Posted by: .com   2005-03-14 1:39:10 PM  

#12  Hard to believe that Zarqawi is not already in custody if they've captured almost all of his "lieutenants".
Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever)   2005-03-14 11:56:26 AM  

#11  I heard the All-Arab Marine detachment captured him after the 'Mother of All Shootouts' at a safe house. The Perp was then handed over to Kurdish bandits who in turn staged the arrest (with the full cooperation of the Saudis). One of the Arab-Marines was slightly wounded when he spilled hot MRE gravy on his leg. Since it was the 'Pork Compote' variety the Arab-Marine had to amputate his leg. Afterwards the unit burned the Israeli flag, which is a tradition in the unit.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2005-03-14 10:41:22 AM  

#10  I think the Iraqi TV program which shows terrorist confessions is becoming their version of American Idol, of course with a ME Islamic twist.
Posted by: mhw   2005-03-14 10:06:59 AM  

#9  Jugging Zark's minions is great, but what about him? Can't believe they didn't have some useful info.
Posted by: Spot   2005-03-14 8:24:45 AM  

#8  I'd agree he's a different breed in having the stones to defy authority - the tribe/clan way usually prevents this. I'd guess his isolation due to family connections and money kept him out of the normal indoctrination channels.

The uber-Wahhabist. Recall the interviews with his Sister-in-Law? He freaked when she answered the door, in Switzerland IIRC, with her face uncovered. The devil's bargain the House of Saud made with the Wahhabists will destroy them both. Ironically by a true believer's actions, heh.
Posted by: .com   2005-03-14 6:39:19 AM  

#7  

I guess "capturing" Cody Adam wasn't much help to Zarko the Psycho. He's gotten a plastic response to all the questioning, and all his associates are with virgins, or with rats in a prison cell...
Posted by: BigEd   2005-03-14 6:37:29 AM  

#6  Well, they were in Sudan under Binny's gentle ministrations. In actuality, Osama never was a very good fit as a Soddy...he is kind of a "can-do" guy. 'Course I havn't noticed him strapping on a bomb vest of late.
Posted by: Seafarious   2005-03-14 6:19:55 AM  

#5  I knew 4 at Aramco - and they would never dream of even getting dirt under their fingernails, much less being a bomber. The Sudanese branch, apparently, has lost its way - the true Saudi way is to delegate or farm out unpleasantries.
Posted by: .com   2005-03-14 6:06:19 AM  

#4  Wrong, .com. The suicide bomber in the Mosul mess tent was an al-Ghamdi, the son of Binny's lieutenant in Sudan.
Posted by: Seafarious   2005-03-14 5:58:34 AM  

#3  Never as a suicider, Sea. They may send them, but they don't get sent. ;-)
Posted by: .com   2005-03-14 5:48:16 AM  

#2  Any chance this one was an al-Ghamdi?
Posted by: Seafarious   2005-03-14 5:47:18 AM  

#1  The driver swiftly confessed..."

Shaheed Abu turned out to be regular Chatty Cathy.
Posted by: Critle Elmogum9288   2005-03-14 3:31:32 AM  

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