Confirmed: Zarqawi's replacement nabbed

The AP reports today that Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the insurgent leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, leader of the "Islamic State of Iraq," was Nabbed in Iraq Raid.

The shadowy leader of the Islamic State of Iraq, an al-Qaida-inspired group that challenged the authority of Iraq's government, was captured Friday in a raid on the western outskirts of Baghdad, an Iraqi military spokesman said.

Abu Omar al-Baghdadi was arrested along with several other insurgents in a raid in the town of Abu Ghraib, said Brig. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi, spokesman for the Baghdad security operation. U.S. officials had no confirmation of the capture and said they were looking into the report.

This is progress. Who wants to step up now and be the third man to claim the mantle? He will know that his time is numbered.