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| Key ISIS commander in U.S. custody in Iraq | |
| 2016-03-03 | |
| [CBSNEWS] A new U.S. special operations team has been questioning a key Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... of Iraq (ISIS) and Syria leader in Iraq since seizing him in a raid last month, U.S. officials said Wednesday. It is believed to be the first case of a top ISIS Lion of Islam captured alive in that country. Oh, I do hope they read him his Miranda rights. The officials would not identify the Lion of Islam by name or provide other details, but the raid appears to be the first major success by the Pentagon's new expeditionary targeting force that recently began operating in Iraq. It aims to disrupt ISIS operations in Iraq and Syria and gather intelligence that can be used to conduct follow-on raids and strikes. The Lion of Islam has been held in Iraq for two to three weeks, the officials said, calling the development important because of his leadership position in the holy warrior group and the information they could glean from him. The officials weren't authorized to speak publicly about the raid and demanded anonymity. The New York Times ...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... , also citing anonymous officials, was first to report the capture and said the Lion of Islam was being interrogated by American officials at a temporary detention facility in Irbil in northern Iraq. Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook wouldn't confirm the capture, but said the goals of the new expeditionary targeting force include capturing ISIS leaders. "Any detention would be short-term and coordinated with Iraqi authorities," he said. Defense Secretary Ash Carter has spoken about the team several times over the past few months but has emphasized his intention to keep a lid on details of its actual operations in Iraq and Syria. He told Congress in early December about the team's planned deployment, saying they would be there to conduct raids, free hostages, gather intelligence and capture ISIS leaders. Using an alternative acronym for the ISIS, Carter said Monday the force would be part of accelerated military operations and used "to conduct raids of various kinds, seizing places and people, freeing hostages and prisoners of ISIL, and making it such that ISIL has to fear that anywhere, anytime, it may be struck." He said the targeting force was "in position" and "having an effect and operating." Col. Patrick Ryder, front man for U.S. Central Command, which is responsible for American military operations in the Middle East, declined to comment on the capture or detention of the Lion of Islam.
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| #3 If a criminal prosecution is intended it would have been best to have an FBI representative "make the arrest". I know, insanity. But this is Obama-world. |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2016-03-03 18:33 |
| #2 ..was being interrogated by American officials at a temporary detention facility in Irbil in northern Iraq Cause Gitmo is no longer an option. That, and the Americans can leave the room while the Iraqis continue the 'questioning'. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-03-03 09:49 |
| #1 Wonder if the capture required "grappling"? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-03-03 08:37 |