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| U.S. Detains Alleged Terrorist Financier |
| 2004-02-24 |
| A former Baath Party security chief suspected of financing anti-U.S. activities and working with top fugitive Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri was detained by U.S. soldiers, the military reported Tuesday. Khatan al-Anber was apprehended late Monday night during a raid by 4th Infantry Division forces in Baquba, Maj. Josslyn Aberle said. Al-Anber, the former security chief of Diyala province, is suspected of financing a terrorist cell in the city. Aberle said al-Anber had been providing logistics for al-Douri, the highest ranking figure still at large from the U.S. list of wanted people in the former regime of Saddam Hussein. Logistics, huh? Hope he kept records. Al-Douri, the former vice chairman of the ruling Revolutionary Command Council and a member of Saddam’s innermost circle, is No. 6 on the U.S. most-wanted list. If he hasn’t already died from whatever it was (cancer? heart?), he’ll have to move, thinking al-Anber will give him up. The Fedayeen militia that al-Anber was suspected of financing served as Saddam’s private army and was one of the groups believed to be behind the ongoing insurgency against the U.S.-led occupation authority. Nice catch. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #4 looks like old al-douri will be grassed up by this captured fella |
| Posted by: Jon Shep U.K 2004-2-24 12:30:55 PM |
| #3 tick, tick, tick, Each day, we round up another one, and that leads to two more, and that leads... It's a slow, steady, wearing-away process - with the same capacity for effecting change as the Colorado River had on the Kaibab plateau. Eventually, there will be "no Little Indians" left, and Iraq can get on with rebuilding. In the meantime, we're also weakening the threat we might face if (when) we go into Syria, Iran, and/or Saudi Arabia, taking the pressure off the guys in Afghanistan, and "destabilizing" the Wahabbi forces in the Middle East. It's going to be a long battle, and I pray to God we don't give up before it's over. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-2-24 11:55:28 AM |
| #2 does that make 9 Little Indians? |
| Posted by: B 2004-2-24 11:32:29 AM |
| #1 Hope we get that Al-douri bastard alive, so that we can prolong his agony. ( he is suffering from leukemia by the way, could not have happened to a nicer bloke ) |
| Posted by: Evert Visser 2004-2-24 9:09:51 AM |