Sunday, March 04, 2007

Help Wanted:

A Replacement for al-Zarqawi's replacement


Mar 4, 2007, 18:51 GMT
Tikrit - A suspected leader of the group Islamic State in Iraq, which has ties to the al-Qaeda terrorist network, was detained in northern Iraq on Sunday, Iraqi security forces reported. Muharib Mohammed Abdullah, aka Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, was arrested in a joint raid by Iraqi and US soldiers in the city of Duluiya. \'This is a great success for the Iraqi security forces, comparable to the killing of Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi,\' the Salaheddin provincial administration in the town of Tikrit said in a statement. Abdullah is a former legal expert from the city of Balad, north of Baghdad. The Islamic State in Iraq organization claimed responsibility Saturday for the murder of 18 policemen. Al-Zarqawi, the former leader of the al-Qaeda terrorist network in Iraq, was killed in the summer of 2006 by a US airstrike.

Tikrit - A suspected leader of the group Islamic State in Iraq, which has ties to the al-Qaeda terrorist network, was detained in northern Iraq on Sunday, Iraqi security forces reported. Muharib Mohammed Abdullah, aka Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, was arrested in a joint raid by Iraqi and US soldiers in the city of Duluiya.

'This is a great success for the Iraqi security forces, comparable to the killing of Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi,' the Salaheddin provincial administration in the town of Tikrit said in a statement. Abdullah is a former legal expert from the city of Balad, north of Baghdad. The Islamic State in Iraq organization claimed responsibility Saturday for the murder of 18 policemen.

Al-Zarqawi, the former leader of the al-Qaeda terrorist network in Iraq, was killed in the summer of 2006 by a US airstrike.

This news, coupled with reports of major al-Qaeda leaders captured in Afghanistan, means a series of devastating blows for the terror organization. Maybe the surge is paying its dividends?

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