Fourth-ranking figure in al-Qaida arrested

[ECH1969]

The brief report on Iraqiya television identified the suspect as Mohammed Rabei, also known Abu Dhar, and said he was No. 4 in al-Qaida. Iraqi police have arrested the fourth-ranking figure in al-Qaida in Iraq, state television said Sunday, while officials are investigating whether the group's leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, had fled to neighboring Iran.

The brief report on Iraqiya television identified the suspect as Mohammed Rabei, also known Abu Dhar, and said he was No. 4 in al-Qaida. It gave no further details. Meanwhile, a senior Iraqi security officer said the Iraqi government has been receiving information that al-Zarqawi may have moved to neighboring Iran after hot pursuit by U.S and Iraqi forces in western Iraq.

The officer said Iraq's intelligence services have received information that the Jordanian-born terrorist was spotted a few weeks ago in areas close to the Himreen Mountains, 120 kilometers (75 miles) south of Kirkuk and near the border with Iran.

"We are dealing with this information carefully but intelligence services are working on the assumption that he has been planning to move to Iran after being besieged in the areas where he was operating inside Iraq,'"said the officer, who declined to be identified further because of the sensitivity of the investigation.

http://www.eitb24.com/portal/eitb24/noticia/international-news-al-qaida-fourth-ranking-figure-in-al-qaida-arr?itemId=D10355&cl=%2Feitb24%2Finternacional&idioma=en

[JAbuchan08]

1. Does this mean they got all the #2's? and #3 as well?

[abluelady]

2. You Took the Question Right Out of My Mouth. eom

[Gman]

15. No, there's still plenty of them around

they just decided to mix it up a bit.

[LynnTheDem]

3. Why are they going after #4s when there's still a ton of #2s???

Let's get all them #2s first!

Heh.

[wordpix2]

16. or when OBL is still at large?

[LynnTheDem]

22. Who???

What's an "OBL"???

Heh.

[sweetheart]

24. lots of ones and twos

sadly gives one the blues,
constantly repeated the news,
deaths by enumerated type,
so we miss no sleep tonight,
discounting of threat of a fight,
inside iraq, no sleep, not right.

[ewagner]

4. We're pretty sure

we got 80% of the #2's

we got 50% of the #3's

and...ummmmmm....I forget what percentage of the others.

[Missy M]

5. Does this mean that #5 moves up to the #4 position ?

[Pithy Cherub]

6. Is number 4 the "new" number 2 ?

like the new black in fashion? :shrug:

[Kerrytravelers]

7. And "our leader" has forgotten all about the #1... osama bin forgotten.

[donco6]

8. This 2, 3, 4, crap has got to stop.

It's utterly meaningless. Half the fucking country hates our guts. And the other half is dead. Does it matter how many 2s 3s and 4s we "catch?"

[ColonelTom]

9. "I am No. 2." "Who is No. 1?" "You are No. 6." nt

[oblivious]

10. I have in my hand minutes of the most recent Al-qaeda meeting.

Apologies for absense: Osama

1. Resolved, that Zawahari gets to be called No.1, Osama's written objection submitted by donkey courier notwithstanding (cos he's dead)

2. Resolved, that all board members get to be called #2.

3. Resolved, that Zarqawi is dead, having been killed several times, and whoever keeps mentioning him on our Texas website should stop it.

4. Resolved, that all five field agents get to be called #3.

5. Resolved, that all photocopy boys, coffee boys, and other office support personnel get to be called #4.

[LynnTheDem]

23. ROTFLMAO!!!

That's good. :rofl:

Love the "all 5 field agents" bit. :rofl:

[daleo]

11. It's a sad day when the news is about #4

Why, I can recall the glory years of capturing and killing Number 3 on almost a weekly basis...

[Benhurst]

12. I guess you can only arrest/kill off number two so many times

before you like silly. Now it's on to numbers four and five. How many times will they be arrested/killed before it's time to move on down the list.

By the way, what ever happened to number one? I think he and his family were friends of the Bush Crime Family.

[leftchick]

13. 25 gone missing from a jail in Kuwait

but we got a number 4. :eyes:

[pinniped]

14. Fucking right, he fled to Iran.

Maybe he's up the officials' asses. Did * check there?

I knew al-Zarqawi liked Ian, his passport had Iran's stamp on it.

After Iran, he's off to sunny North Korea, Venezuela, Cuba, and Syria.

--while officials are investigating whether the group's leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, had fled to neighboring Iran. --

If everyone didn't take notice of all the #2s caught, they wouldn't have focused on the #4s.

They will never catch the other 99% of #2s.

[IndianaGreen]

17. Caught Number 4 and al-Zarqawi fled to neighboring Iran

More bullshit stories to advance the Bush dictatorship's agenda. What else is new?

Since Al-Qaeda has thousands of Number 2s, being Number 4 is pretty low ranking, like the Al-Qaeda version of a file clerk.

[Nomen Tuum]

18. Did they get Zeppo this time?

Damn, he WAS the funniest Marx Brother!

[Historic NY]

19. Wow a number #4...........

I was beginning to think they only had ones & twos. Or sometime 2's and possbile 3's..........

[leesa]

20. Blah...blah...blahhh...Booga. Booga. Stupid Americans!

Keep the war profit going!

[Evergreen Emerald]

21. how about #99?

Perhaps #1 is under the cone-of-silence.

[CJCRANE]

25. "The War on Terror...

was brought to you today by the number 4 and the letter W".

[Eugene]

26. "receiving information that al-Zarqawi may have moved to neighboring Iran"

This latest number guy story already had the smell of bullsh*t before they added this gem:

Meanwhile, a senior Iraqi security officer said the Iraqi government has been receiving information
that al-Zarqawi may have moved to neighboring Iran after hot pursuit by U.S and Iraqi forces in
western Iraq.

YEAH, RIGHT!

Just like al Zarqawi was supposedly working with Saddam before the invasion of Iraq? :eyes:
We've been down this road before.

Like the previous "Number 3" guy, I suspect that this "Abu Dhar" is just another local operative
who might be #4 in his cell.

[0rganism]

30. Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia

How many fingers, Winston?

[HuffleClaw]

27. suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure

i guess they ran out of number 2's ?

[maxrandb]

28. Perhaps

AQ's #2 went to Iran to work on (makes quotation mark with two finger of each hand raised in the air) THE "LASER"

[dave29]

29. fourth fourth, or fifth fourth?

I can't keep count any more

[plasticsundance]

31. The Onion ran a funny article about this topic

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/44900

[tanyev]

32. Since a bunch of #2s and #3s recently "escaped" from their high security

jail in Yemen, I guess all that is left are the #4s.