Alleged al-Qaida aide said to fake death

[ECH1969]

An alleged al-Qaida operative accused of serving as a key link between the group's leaders and suicide bombers hid his tracks so well that even fellow militants thought he was dead.

Loa'i Mohammad Haj Bakr al-Saqa, wanted by Turkey for 2003 bombings in Istanbul that killed 58 people, is said to have eluded intelligence services by using an array of fake IDs, employing aliases even with his al-Qaida contacts and finally faking his death in Fallujah, Iraq, in late 2004.

Until recent years, al-Saqa was not well-known to international intelligence agencies despite his conviction in absentia in 2002 - along with al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi - for a failed plot to attack Americans and Israelis in Jordan with poison gas during millennium celebrations. He and al-Zarqawi were each sentenced to 15 years in prison.

In Istanbul, Al-Saqa played host to Hijazi and two other militants, including a cousin of al-Zarqawi, helping to arrange their travel to Pakistan for training in neighboring Afghanistan, court documents said.

http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/13530124.htm

[daleo]

1. He faked his own death?

I thought that was the U.S. media's job.

[ArbustoBuster]

2. Of course he faked it.

In fact, he's faked it about twenty times. That's how we can manage to kill Al Qaida's number two man over and over!

[SpiralHawk]

3. Is he the #3 terrorist again? I think that makes about 264 #3s if so

But what I want to know is, what about No. 6?

[shraby]

4. No. 6 has been promoted to no. 3.

[wookie294]

5. There is NO SUCH THING as an "al-Qaeda aide"

al-Qaeda is not an organization.

al-Qaeda doesn't have a board of directors, command structure, bylaws, or a leader.

al-Qaeda is a philosophy, not an organization. Is there an "aide" to atheism?

Imagine the headline: "Alleged atheist aide said to fake death". LOL.

al-Qaeda is an idea, not a group. Sheesh! Stop listening to BUSH!

[ECH1969]

6. Some interesting info about headlines

The AP does not write up the headlines. If you google the article it has a number of different headlines for this same article many of which don't have the headline where they call him an aid.

[wookie294]

7. Good point

Many people still think al-Qaeda is an "organization" with hundreds of "sleeper cells" around the world ready to act on the command of an almighty "leader." LOL. We have our monkey president as the author of this myth that continues to keep his approval rating above 34%.