US arrests Al-Qaeda in Iraq's link to bin Laden

[Eugene]

Source: Agence France-Presse

US arrests Al-Qaeda in Iraq's link to bin Laden

27 minutes ago

BAGHDAD (AFP) - US forces have arrested the most senior
Iraqi member of Al-Qaeda in Iraq and believe he is a go-
between between the group's foreign leaders and Osama
bin Laden, a military spokesman said Wednesday.

Brigadier General Kevin Bergner said Khaled al-Mashhadani
had told his US interrogators that the supposed Iraqi
leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq was ficticious and a front for
the group's Egyptian chief, Abu Ayyub al-Masri.


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070718/wl_mideast_afp/ira...

[cyberpj]

1. Hey! Another "Number Two"!! nt

[zbdent]

8. I thought it was a "top" person ...

[displacedtexan]

2. CNN just reported that he was arrested LAST WEEK.

Just another BushCo crock of shit.

[5X]

4. I read on BBC it was last month.

It is BS. NO doubt.

<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6904575.stm >

edit to add link, and to say they have changed the story
to say earlier in July.

[displacedtexan]

5. Leave it to CNN to lie to me again. Still.

[Vinca]

3. My, my, my. What good timing. Just when the Senate is pulling

an all nighter. Luck or planned news release - you be the judge.

[MaineDem]

9. My thoughts exactly. n/t

[underpants]

10. Well we already know that the Pentagon is going straight to RW radio and blogs in a PR blitz

Pentagon starts spin unit to target talk radio, bloggers
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Nowhere_to_go_but_up_Pent...


Meet the Pentagon’s New Spin Unit: Bush Administration hacks court bloggers, talk radio
http://harpers.org/archive/2007/07/hbc-90000539

[5X]

6. Washington Post is saying July 4th.

Khaled Abdul-Fattah Dawoud Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, also known as Abu Shahid, was captured in Mosul on July 4, said Brig. Gen. Kevin Bergner, a military spokesman.

[conspirator]

7. Which number is this guy #2? #2.5 (deluxe edition)?

[allisonthegreat]

23. lol n/t

[Frustratedlady]

11. Breaking on ABC - Al Qaida has a Media Chief?

US: Top al-Qaida in Iraq Figure Captured
U.S. Military Says Top al-Qaida in Iraq Figure CapturedThe Associated Press BAGHDAD Jul 18, 2007 (AP)
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Share The U.S. command said Wednesday the highest-ranking Iraqi in the leadership of al-Qaida in Iraq has been arrested, adding that information from him indicates the group's foreign-based leadership wields considerable influence over the Iraqi chapter.

Khaled Abdul-Fattah Dawoud Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, also known as Abu Shahid, was captured in Mosul on July 4, said Brig. Gen. Kevin Bergner, a military spokesman.

"Al-Mashhadani is believed to be the most senior Iraqi in the al-Qaida in Iraq network," Bergner said. He said al-Mashhadani was a close associate of Abu Ayub al-Masri, the Egyptian-born head of al-Qaida in Iraq.

Bergner said al-Mashhadani served as an intermediary between al-Masri and Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri.

"In fact, communication between the senior al-Qaida leadership and al-Masri frequently went through al-Mashhadani," Bergner said.

"Along with al-Masri, al-Mashhadani co-founded a virtual organization in cyberspace called the Islamic State of Iraq in 2006," Bergner said. "The Islamic State of Iraq is the latest efforts by al-Qaida to market itself and its goal of imposing a Taliban-like state on the Iraqi people."

In Web postings, the Islamic State of Iraq has identified its leader as Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, with al-Masri as minister of war. There are no known photos of al-Baghdadi.

Bergner said al-Mashhadani had told interrogators that al-Baghdadi is a "fictional role" created by al-Masri and that an actor is used for audio recordings of speeches posted on the Web.

"In his words, the Islamic State of Iraq is a front organization that masks the foreign influence and leadership within al-Qaida in Iraq in an attempt to put an Iraqi face on the leadership of al-Qaida in Iraq," Bergner said.

He said al-Mashhadani was a leader of the militant Ansar al-Sunnah group before joining al-Qaida in Iraq 2 1/2 years ago. Al-Mashhadani served as the al-Qaida media chief for Baghdad and then was appointed the media chief for the whole country

[underpants]

13. Have for a while

No one else comes close in getting out al Qaeda's message. They have been very good at it too-alQaeda has never been stronger

[babylonsister]

12. US: Top al-Qaida in Iraq figure captured

Another tippy-top guy? The big enchilada?? The senior-senior guy?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070718/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq... ;_ylt=AltzA0GgITyPeI2LGkRvKl2s0NUE

US: Top al-Qaida in Iraq figure captured

1 hour, 7 minutes ago

BAGHDAD - The U.S. command said Wednesday the highest-ranking Iraqi in the leadership of al-Qaida in Iraq has been arrested, adding that information from him indicates the group's foreign-based leadership wields considerable influence over the Iraqi chapter.

Khaled Abdul-Fattah Dawoud Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, also known as Abu Shahid, was captured in Mosul on July 4, said Brig. Gen. Kevin Bergner, a military spokesman.

"Al-Mashhadani is believed to be the most senior Iraqi in the al-Qaida in Iraq network," Bergner said. He said al-Mashhadani was a close associate of Abu Ayub al-Masri, the Egyptian-born head of al-Qaida in Iraq.

more...

[matcom]

14. CNN just reported they arrested him on 07/04

nice of them to trot him out TODAY

[Amonester]

15. ! Water-board this guy!! (I'm not kidding...) :-(

- US interrogators: "CONFESS YOU'RE A TERRARISS MODAFOKA!!"

- Innocent Khaled al-Mashhadani: "Gulp... gog...gooo...arrgggh..."

- US interrogators: "COME ON...CONFESS YOU'RE A FOKING TERRARISS AND WE'LL STOP DROWNING YOU TO DEATH!!"

- Innocent Khaled al-Mashhadani: "Gulp... gog...gooo...arrgggh..."

- US interrogators: "ARE YOU READY TO CONFESS YOU'RE A TERRARISS MODAFOKA!!"

- Innocent Khaled al-Mashhadani: "Gulp... gog...gooo...arrgggh... huf...puf... yee"

- US interrogators: "Alright: sign here, modafoka."

- Innocent Khaled al-Mashhadani: "cough... where?"

[Doctor_J]

16. My barber had Faux News on when they announced this

the harpy that made the announcement said "this will severely disrupt their operation in the short term (major success), but they will regroup and reorganize (better not stop the war on terror)".

[MrPrax]

17. It's like TV shows...

They sometimes start off well, but they use up all the possible permutation of story lines, so they start repeating themselves and then everyone stops watching.

So the "most senior Iraqi member of Al-Qaeda" at this point are simply guys when you point a gun at them, screech;
"Don't Shoot! Don't Shoot! I know Osama! Don't Shoot! I help Yankie GI...I show you...I show you"

[Barrett808]

18. US captures Qaeda in Iraq's link to bin Laden

Source: AFP

US captures Qaeda in Iraq's link to bin Laden
by Jay Deshmukh

BAGHDAD (AFP) - US forces have arrested a top Iraqi militant who acted as a link between Al-Qaeda's Iraqi offshoot and Osama bin Laden, the global jihadist network's Saudi founder, the US military said Wednesday.

Brigadier General Kevin Bergner said American troops had arrested Khaled al-Mashhadani, a senior Iraqi figure in a local group otherwise dominated by foreign-born extremists, on July 4 in the northern city of Mosul.

Under interrogation, he said, Mashhadani revealed that propaganda tapes released by Al-Qaeda in Iraq's supposed Iraqi kingpin, Omar al-Baghdadi, were in fact voiced by an actor under the command of an Egyptian militant.

"Mashhadani is believed to be the most senior Iraqi in the Al-Qaeda in Iraq network. He is a close associate of Abu Ayyub al-Masri, the Egyptian-born head of Al-Qaeda in Iraq," Bergner said.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070718/pl_afp/iraqunrestq...

[hobbit709]

19. Sure he is

That makes what how many top Al-Qaeda guys now? It's amazing that they're capable of anything if we keep "catching" their top guys.

[iconoclastic cat]

20. Anyone else think these "some dude captured" stories are made up? nt

[Solon]

22. All I know is that Al Queda is staffed by Zombies, Vampires, and Harry Houdini...

AKA Osama Bin Laden. I think we have killed or captured more Al Queda than actually exist in the real world.

[coalition_unwilling]

21. Why believe anything they say anymore? It is all propaganda

and should be given the same degree of credence any propaganda is given.

[allisonthegreat]

24. The Bushettes are just trying to substantiate all their lies

And like it has been stated earlier, how many number one's are there??

[ohio2007]

25. arresting him is a waste of time

How many "freedom fighters" will he recruit in prison?