Tuesday, January 04, 2005
Tass reports that al-Zarqawi has been arrested
I've seen no confirmation in the MSM, but if true this would be wonderful news:
Either it is a crock, or we are holding him quietly pending confirmation of his identity, or we are not announcing his capture hoping that we can roll up some of his compadres.
UPDATE: Commenters on Lucianne.com are saying that this may not be true. Probably too much to hope for.
DUBAI, January 4 (Itar-Tass) - Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi, whom the US occupation authorities declared to be the "target number one" in Iraq, has been arrested in the city of Baakuba, the Emirate newspaper al-Bayane reported on Tuesday referring to Kurdish sources. Al-Zarqawi, leader of the terrorist group Al-Tawhid Wa'al-Jihad, was recently appointed the director of the Al-Qaeda organisation in Iraq.
The newspaper's correspondent in Baghdad points out that a report on the seizure of the terrorist, on whom the US put a bounty of 10 million dollars, was also reported by Iraqi Kurdistan radio, which at one time had been the first to announce the arrest of Saddam Hussein.
There have been no official reports about the arrest of the terrorist. Al-Zarqawi, 38, a Jordanian, whose real name is Ahmad al-Khalayleh, aims to turn Iraq into a "new Afghanistan". According to Arab press data, Al-Tawhid Wa'al-Jihad group has divided Iraq into several emirates. The group's independent subdivisions at a strength of 50 to 500 militants operate in the cities of Al-Falluja, Al-Qaim, Diala, and Samarra.
Either it is a crock, or we are holding him quietly pending confirmation of his identity, or we are not announcing his capture hoping that we can roll up some of his compadres.
UPDATE: Commenters on Lucianne.com are saying that this may not be true. Probably too much to hope for.
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