Two Senior Al-Qaeda Members Arrested In Iraq

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

15 October 2005 -- The U.S. military said today it captured two senior Al-Qaeda members in Iraq, including a man known as "The Barber."

The statement said Walid Muhammad Farhan Juwar al-Zubaydi was seized in a Baghdad raid on 24 September. He allegedly helped top militants evade detention by transforming their appearances.

Also captured was Ibrahim Muhammad Subhi Khayri al-Rihawi, also known as "Abu Khalil." He allegedly acted as a banker for Abu Azzam, considered Al-Qaeda's No. 2 in Iraq after Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi. Azzam was killed in a raid in September.


(All there is at the moment): http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/10/f05968f5-837e-48d4-9a53-b385105eb2e1.html

Does Al-Qaeda have anything but "Number Two's" and Senior members?

[chelsea0011]

1. Not again?????????????

[SpiralHawk]

2. I'll bet they are both the #2 Man

As usual

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

5. I can imagine the conversation....

"Hello, Sir. I understand you are looking for recruits?"

"Why yes, Would you like to be Osama's number two man or a Senior Member?"

[oblivious]

10. Or looking at it from the US military's perspective......

"So, who'd we catch today?"

"Some barber. Not too impressive, eh."

"No problem, we'll call him al-qaueda's #2 man in Iraq."

"We've already used that one to death. We're getting laughed out of town."

"Right then, we'll call him a senior al-qaeda member."

"Good one, general. I'll set up a press conference."

[Rene]

9. He 'altered' their appearance by giving them a h a i r c u t

Gee...isn't that what a barber does all the time. Don't Iraqis ever get haircuts as a normal thing??/

[oblivious]

13. That made me laugh. Has propaganda ever been this inane?

[spooked911]

22. It was a TERRORIST haircut dammit! It's not the same thing!

he was "transforming" their appearances.

Oh my god!!!!!!!!

:P :P :P

[rosesaylavee]

3. Two MORE #2s. Now there are getting somewhere. n/t

[pinniped]

4. I think this is more BS.

They probably just arrested some poor barber dude.

[Frustratedlady]

6. Well, they are still meeting their weekly quota of No. 2s! nt

[LynnTheDem]

7. OMG!!! THEY GOT #2 and #2!!!

WOOOOHOOOO!!!

Now the rebels will stop fighting the invaders!

[htuttle]

8. They're like WalMart -- every employee is an 'associate'

They probably took one of those trendy management seminars back in the '90's

[TheCowsCameHome]

18. LOL. "Cleanup in aisle 5" = "Another bombing in Fallujah"

[AlCzervik]

11. The number Al-Quaeda guy---Worst job ever.

[acmejack]

12. A classic example of matrix management!

everyone is charge of something so they all qualify as number two.

[leesa]

14. Yada, yada, yada...what nonsense this is!

[xchrom]

15. this capture brought to you by the #2.

[RememberWellstone]

16. The 3,034th "senior" Al Queda

nothing new here, move along. Same ole, same ole. They keep capturing the #2 geeez, when do they get #1?? Idiots.

[TheCowsCameHome]

17. Wow, that means only about 4 million left to capture.

Slow and sure wins the race..............

[VegasWolf]

19. Bill Maher:New Rule: You can only arrest the number 2 guy ONCE! nt

[SillyGoose]

20. Ah, the barber gets nailed. Guess those terrorists will have to forego

their coifed well manicured appearance until a new barber passes his cosmetology boards.

[MADem]

21. NUMBER TWO....as in, Billy, do you have to go number one or number two?

Hey, why not? It's all a great load of shit, anyway!!!

[tinymontgomery]

23. Maybe it's

#2 then #2a, then #2b, #2c, 2d etc. When they hit 2Z they will shift to #3a, 3b etc.

[mokawanis]

24. Good old george

Bush says next they'll capture "that fella who washes al Qaeda's underpants". get em georgie!