Top Saddam regime fugitive Ibrahim arrested (No. 6 Card)

[leftchick]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1504&ncid=1504&e=1&u=/afp/20040905/ts_afp/iraq_duri_arrest_040905123110


BAGHDAD (AFP) - Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s former deputy Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri, who was the most wanted official from the former regime, has been arrested on the outskirts of Tikrit, an Iraqi defence ministry official said.

"Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri was arrested on the outskirts of Tikrit," the official told AFP on condition of anonymity.


The capture was announced after police in Saddam's hometown of Tikrit, north of Baghdad, said Saturday that US forces had new leads in their hunt for the former vice-president.


A police officer had told AFP the search had focused on neighbourhoods east of Tikrit following information Ibrahim recently had a blood transfusion in a local clinic.

[Kierkegaard]

1. "Quick, let's look busy

before someone notices we aren't doing our jobs."

George W. Borscht

[farmbo]

2. Thank God... Those "Dead-ender" attacks will stop now for sure!

eom
:sarcasm:

[Ohio rules]

3. $10 million dollar bounty

Bet nobody comes forward to claim that ! lol

[robbedvoter]

4. Woopty-f*ing-doo! (Missed the convention though...)

Soon, we'll feel really safe....

[Halliburton]

5. U.S. has no information on the report...

<snip>
U.S. Maj. Neil O'Brien of the Tikrit-based 1st Infranty Division, however, said he could not confirm the report. A U.S. Embassy spokesman in Baghdad also said he had no information about an arrest.
<snip>

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040905/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_al_douri&cid=540&ncid=1480

Seems like propaganda to me. These are the same people that said Iraqi police were in the mosque.

[leftchick]

7. agreed... seems like BS to me...

though timmy russert mentioned it on MTP this morning like it was true. :eyes:

[Halliburton]

13. Now we know it was lie...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military in Iraq (news - web sites) said on Sunday that it did not have custody of Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, a top fugitive Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) aide who the Iraqi defense ministry earlier said had been captured.

"Multi-National Force Iraq confirms that we do not have Izzat Ibrahim al- Douri in custody," a military statement said.


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=3&u=/nm/20040905/ts_nm/iraq_dc

[leftchick]

14. wooopsies....

looks like they are not in control of the Iraqi mouth pieces. I am guessing all the Sunday talk shows that mentioned his capture will now make a retraction right? Ha!

[agingdem]

6. I ask you...

do you really give a damn about #6?

[leftchick]

8. are you asking me?

because I don't. I just post the news. Perhaps I should have put a little "whoop ti doo" at the end?

[agingdem]

9. How about ...

an inaudible drum roll?

[leftchick]

12. I don't usually comment in the Topic threads I post in LBN

n/t

[MikeG]

10. He was secretly plotting to get a blood transfusion.

Whew! Caught him just in time.

[jmcgowanjm]

11. Mr. Abdel-Jabbar al-Kubeisi-arrested by Americans

Urgent memo from the Iraqi Patriotic Alliance (Anti-occupation coalition)
spokesman Awni al-Qalamji:

Today American forces arrested Mr. Abdel-
Jabbar al-Kubeisi in
Baghdad, after surrounding his residence using four
'Hummers' and two
helicopters. He was taken very quickly to an
unknown destination.

I don't know who this guy is. Confused w/
Al Brahimi?

I'll wait for Resistance report before
I'm convinced.

And wonder why he wasn't given the Saddam sons
treatment?

[Aidoneus]

22. that is a more important capture..

`Abd al-Jabbar al-Kubaysi is actually an important figure. A friend of mine was actually able to meet him at an event in Vienna. For years he's been a part of coordinating proper opposition inside Iraq, not as part of the CIA bullshit pack of quislings. As the runup to the criminal invasion became nearer, they then turned the Iraqi opposition to the other front, first among those providing steadfast resistance to the invasion and occupation.

The coordination known as the Iraqi Patriotic Alliance was a joint effort between:
* opposition wing of the Arab Baath Socialist Party,
* Socialist Unity Party (of Nasserite orientation),
* Arab Labour Party (Arab Nationalist - Marxist),
* Arab Socialist Movement (remainder of the Arab Nationalists' Movement, mostly inclined to Marxism),
* Kurdish Islamic Army,
* Kurdistan Peace Party (an elite of Kurdish intellectuals and journalists),
* patriotic current in the Iraqi Communist Party,
* independent political and intellectual figures

The act of abducting him, carried out by illegal invaders, ia a criminal act that must be reversed.

[jmcgowanjm]

25. Makes sense now. Thanx for input, Aidoneus

The actual object of attacks by Empire worldwide.

Always here. Never seemingly in control.
Always losing, yet never disappearing.

Planetologist Kynes from Dune would understand
perfectly.

[mia]

15. Iraq Government Says Captures Most-Wanted Saddam Aide

Sun Sep 5, 2004 11:01 AM ET

By Waleed Ibrahim and Tom Perry

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi and U.S. forces arrested a man believed to be the most-wanted Saddam Hussein aide still on the run in a bloody raid in which 70 of his supporters were killed and 80 captured, the Iraqi government said on Sunday.

But the U.S. military cast doubt on the report, saying Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri -- who was sixth on the U.S. list of the 55 most-wanted members of Saddam's regime and had a $10 million price on his head -- was not in its custody.

"Multi-National Force Iraq confirms that we do not have Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri in custody," a military statement said.
more

[ochazuke]

16. OK, people. Break it up. Nothing to see here. You can go home now.

Geo. Snoffulopagus on ABC's This Week says there are "grave doubts" it's him. Which means it ain't him.

[are_we_united_yet]

17. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.......

zzzz....huh?...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[leftchick]

18. Update: Iraq Govt. Seeks to Confirm if Saddam Aide Held

good lord this is beyond bizarro....

<snip>
The Defense Ministry said Izzat Ibrahim al Douri, who was sixth on a U.S. list of the 55 most wanted members of Saddam's administration and had a $10 million price on his head, was arrested in Tikrit, Saddam's former powerbase north of Baghdad.


Two Iraqi ministers said Ibrahim was caught in a bloody raid in which 150 of his supporters tried to prevent his capture.


Iraqi Minister of State Wael Abdul al-Latif said it was "75 to 90 percent certain" the captured man was Ibrahim, adding that 70 of the former official's supporters were killed and 80 were captured when they tried to thwart his arrest.


He said Arabs from outside Iraq had been among those protecting Ibrahim, who was suffering from leukemia.


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&ncid=716&e=12&u=/nm/20040905/ts_nm/iraq_dc

[papau]

19. Update: GOP tells insiders that Iraq will start Saddam trial in Oct 04

Not that the GOP controls Iraq -

Or that this is political decision.

Expect this to leak out over next 48 hours.

:party:

:-)

[LisaL]

20. Hah?

Just heard on the news that maybe he hasn't been arrested at all.

[daleo]

21. If there is a ten million dollar bounty on his head

Plenty of people would have ten million good reasons to pretend they have captured him. Although, I doubt they would give a plugged nickel for any of the former regime's personnel by now.

[pinniped]

23. The * regime are the ones who need to be brought to justice.

Who will have the guts to do that?

[Aidoneus]

24. of marginal importance at best

True, al-Durri nominally commands the pro-Saddam Baathist resistance in the central front, but this accounts for maybe 1/2 of the Baathist tendency itself in Iraq, and maybe a whopping 3-4% of the Resistance as a whole.

The cowards and collaborators who betrayed him to the invaders should be ashamed of themselves. That aside, this is nothing to cry or smile about (whichever potential response, depending on one's leanings).

[Tempest]

26. DNA testing shows it's not al-Duri

Article in today's newspaper.