From CNN:
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Al Qaeda's No. 2 operative in Iraq, Hamed Juma Faris al-Suaidi, has been arrested, the U.S. military and Iraq's national security adviser announced Sunday.
Al-Suaidi, also known as Abu Rana and Abu Humam, is said to be second in command in the terrorist group al Qaeda in Iraq, behind Abu Ayyub al-Masri.
Al-Masri succeeded Abu Musab al-Zarqawi after he was killed during a U.S. airstrike in June.
"This is a very important development," Iraq's Planning Minister Barham Salih told CNN.
"It comes in the wake of killing of Zarqawi and also a number of Zarqawi associates. Deliberate intelligence work both by Iraqi forces as well as multinational forces have dealt a very severe blow to al Qaeda organization in Iraq."
This is excellent news. But at the same time, policy makers must be cautious not to be lulled into a false sense that al-Qaeda is the only game in town, or that its members are the only bearers of the doctrine of jihad at work in Iraq, and elsewhere in the world.
Al-Suaidi and one of his followers were captured during a raid Friday that ended in a residential building, Iraqi National Security Adviser Mowaffak al-Rubaie said at a news conference, according to CNN translators.
Important information on al-Suaidi and his location that led to his arrest was gained after former al Qaeda in Iraq leader al-Zarqawi's death.
"We continued to track him down [in the Salaheddin province] and then he moved to north of Baquba in mid-June," al-Rubaie said. "He was arrested without any harm to civilians."
The security adviser added that Al-Suaidi was "directly responsible" for Haitham al-Badri, the man believed to have been the mastermind of the Askariya Mosque bombing in Samarra in February. Sunni-Shiite sectarian strife escalated after that attack.
Just goes to prove: God doesn't like muslims.
Finally Allah seems to have realised the danger of Islam and Al qaida. Hope Allah helps dismantling the Al qaida, demolish Islam and retires quietly into oblivion.
Very good points, Marisol. The left constantly tries to paint Al Qaeda as the only game in town. The legions of other terrorist organizations are studiously ignored and excused.
This latest blow to Al Qaeda's thoroughly impotent organization will be downplayed at the same time that all other terrorist threats are not-so-subtlely discredited.
Islam is not limited to one jihadist organization. The Establishment Media wants to convince the public that this isn't true, but as long as bloggers exist, they won't be able to peddle their BS to anybody with a functioning brain.
The left wants us to surrender to the jihadis. It's the most dangerous enemy we have.
Did you ever notice the so-called “leadership” are never warriors? They never fight to the death and cry like babies when captured. Where was the pitched battle to save him? Where were all his valiant defenders? We in the west sometimes give these clowns more credit than they disserve. They do not “fight” they mostly plant bombs designed to kill other muslims in an attempt to gain power over portions of a city. The so-called leaders are not competent marksmen or tacticians. This latest clown will not shut up about his organization. Look at how quickly they will attempt to make a deal with us infidels. Two points I continuously make are: islam has no warriors and the biggest killer of muslims are other muslims. These clowns are just common criminals, well suited to thrive in a violence based cult but they are still just petty criminals with a god complex.
Sorry this is off topic...but why did this explosion at a Chicago train station on Saturday get ignored by our media? Why did I have to find this on a Canadian site?
http://www.canadafreepress.com/2006/hagmann090206.htm
Could it be that our lefty-liberal media do not want to report terrorism in the US because of the upcoming elections? We had better keep our eyes open folks...because the foxes are guarding the chickens.
"The left constantly tries to paint Al Qaeda as the only game in town. The legions of other terrorist organizations are studiously ignored and excused."
Believe to or not Mr.Bargholz, I completely agree.
Alert! All news junkies...
Truckload of explosives sought by police
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060903/BREAKINGNEWS/60903005/1086
Is Captured al Qaeda #2 in Iraq Singing?
http://www.terrorfreeoil.org/videos/BC090406.php
Lt.Col. Bill Cowan on FNC - video
Though not an expert in Arab al Suaid would mean that he is from a place called Suaid.. more than likely it is a misspelling of al Saudi, meaning that he is from Saudi Arabia.. which is politically impolite since Saudi Arabia is "our allies" and the family friends of our Prez.
Bargholz and Pelayo, a little p.s. here. I watch Fox a lot these days and I've noticed that it isn't just the so called Left that paints al Qaida as the only game in town.. and in my opinion, those that do are ignorant of Islam, as indeed 95% of the population is and 99.99% of the posters here were until 9-11.
But FYI, check out your "Konservative" heros and heroines like Adams Apple Coulter and Bill al Oreilly, and you might notice that they too act and talk like al Qaida is the only game in town, in fact so does Dubya.. it is al Qaida that are the Islamofascists, not his peace loving friends in Saudi Arabia or the rest of the Muslim world.
He still distinguishes between peace loving regular Muslims and Islamic fascists that (according to him) distorts the "religion of peace".
So you critique the left and give Dubya and the neo cons a pass huh, yet the "left" is only following the rhertoric and lead of the "right".
Not even the imitation Al Qaeda that dead Zarqawi led is having any luck these days. Those "failures" in the Coalition and Iraqi security forces are taking them down like the trash they are.