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| Highest Military Qaeda Rank in Iraq Arrested |
| 2011-05-19 |
| BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraqi authorities arrested today the highest military rank in Qaeda organization in the country, Ministry of Defence Spokesman said. General Mohammed Al-Askari added that the name of the arrested terrorist is Mikhlif Al-Azzawi from Kirkuk. "His nickname is Abu Radhwan", he added. The arrest operation took place in Samarra' city, Salahuddin province. Al-Askari told Aswat al-Iraq that four of Qaeda organization were arrested early today. The four are: Mohammed Saad, responsible for assassination operations, Fawzi Al-Badri (Abu Al-Rahman) the Mufti of the organization and Qassim Mohammed Taha, administrative responsible in the "Iraqi Islamic State" who was one of the implicated persons for the explosion of Salahuddin Provincial Council. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #4 Yeah, ok, great news.. But why are we just now hearing about Al-Azzawi's leadership of al Qaeda in Iraq? Shouldn't he have been in a deck of most-wanted playing cards, or on some no-fly list, or on U.S. and/or UN designated terror list? |
| Posted by: American Delight 2011-05-19 20:02 |
| #3 I still wish that our guys would discreetly assign to them unofficial "equivalent ranks" to uniformed soldiers. This would both establish to our side their relative value, which is good for morale purposes, and give some idea as to how it has damaged the bad guys. For pure entertainment value, I would recommend assigning to the Taliban the equivalent rank of Wehrmacht, with al-Qaeda getting the ranks of Schutzstaffel (General and Waffen). |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-05-19 10:07 |
| #2 This is a big deal, Aswat Al Iraqi had this on the front page of their website today. They are treating it a big catch. Good for them. Obviously the Iraqis are putting their training from the US to good use. Do you suppose they will use "vigorous" interrogation on these thugs? Or will they play nice like that WIMP Holder wants us to do. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2011-05-19 01:02 |
| #1 From what I recall from Samarra, this is a good catch and a good sign as well - unless it is factional via Shia. |
| Posted by: newc 2011-05-19 00:48 |