ANOTHER "No. 2 al-Qaida leader" arrested? USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!

[Human Torch]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&u=/ap/20060903/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_060903111108

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi and coalition forces have arrested the second most senior figure in al-Qaida in
Iraq, Iraq's national security adviser announced on Sunday, saying the group now suffered from a "serious leadership crisis."

Hamed Jumaa Farid al-Saeedi, known as Abu Humam or Abu Rana, was captured north of Baghdad a few days ago "along with another group of his aides and followers," Mouwafak al-Rubaie said.

He was the second most important al-Qaida in Iraq leader after Abu Ayyub al-Masri, who took over the group after Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed by a U.S. air strike north of Baghdad on June 7, al-Rubaie said.

"We believe that al-Qaida in Iraq suffers from a serious leadership crisis. Our troops have dealt fatal and painful blows to this organization," the security adviser said. Al-Saeedi was "directly responsible" for Haitham Sabah Shaker Mohammed al-Badri, the alleged mastermind of the February bombing of a Shiite shrine in Samarra, 60 miles north of Baghdad, al-Rubaie added without elaborating.



A photograph presented to the media by Iraqi national security adviser Mouwaffak al-Rubaie, showing Hamed Jumaa Farid al-Saeedi, known as Abu Humam or Abu Rana, the second most senior figure in al-Qaida, during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday Sept. 3, 2006. Iraq's national security adviser on Sunday announced the arrest of the second most senior figure in al-Qaida in Iraq, and said the group now suffered from a 'serious leadership crisis.' Hamed Jumaa Farid al-Saeedi, known as Abu Humam or Abu Rana, was arrested a few days ago, Mouwaffak al-Rubaie said, adding that his arrest also led to the capture or death of 11 other top al-Qaida in Iraq figures and nine lower-level members (AP Photo/ho)

[Vickers]

1. Wow! What's truly amazing is he has NEVER been mentioned on

http://www.whitehouse.gov/ !!!!!!!!

:sarcasm:

[Jack Rabbit]

2. Where am I? In the Village

and there is a new Number Two every week . . .




CineMarquee

[Lost-in-FL]

3. What "version" of number 2?

Last one I remember it was al-Qaida number 2 v 6.0.1

[Benhurst]

4. No. 2 man for al-Qaida -- now there's a job that must be hard to

fill! About the only good thing you can say about it is you don't have to worry about retirement benefits.

:rofl:

I think the Bush Crime Family needs to get some new writers. Maybe they could capture "number six" or even "number 12" next week. This "Number 2 captured" bit is getting a bit old. It's hard not to feel like you've already seen the episode. Are we still in the summer reruns? I mean, I thought the new season had started already.

[DemInDistress]

5. he kind of resembles 911 hijacker mohammad Atta.. No? nt

[Ignacio Upton]

6. Al Qaida's #2 or #3: The orange alerts of 2006

n/t.

[Jade Fox]

7. Wasn't it two years ago ( two years ago!).......

during the Presidential debates that Bush claimed they had captured or killed 75% of al-Qaida members, implying that were just about done with that crew.

But apparently this pesky number two man keeps escaping, necessitating having to capture him again and again!! :crazy:

[Human Torch]

8. Yes...here's a great article on that:

MEDIA CRITICISM:
The 75% Solution

by Alice Cherbonnier

Four times--at the Republican Convention and in the three presidential "debates," Bush declared that 75% of the al Quaeda leadership had been eliminated. Missing from the media analyses: who, what, when, where, how and why.

http://baltimorechronicle.com/102604Cherbonnier.shtml

On Sept. 30, George W. Bush, during the first presidential debate, stated, "We pursued Al Qaida wherever Al Qaida tries to hide. Seventy-five percent of known Al Qaida leaders have been brought to justice. The rest of them know we're after them." He also said, " isolated--75 percent of his people have been brought to justice." Then, on Oct. 8,he said, "I vowed to our countrymen that I would do everything I could to protect the American people. That's why we're bringing Al Qaida to justice. Seventy five percent of them have been brought to justice." And, on Oct. 13, he said, "I have got a comprehensive strategy to not only chase down the Al Qaida, wherever it exists--and we're making progress; three-quarters of Al Qaida leaders have been brought to justice--but to make sure that countries that harbor terrorists are held to account."

The "75%" claim was also made by Bush during the Republican convention.

As this is an extraordinary claim, wouldn't it be reasonable to expect our "free press" to check it out? Questions that come to mind, that should have been asked and answered in prominent media sources, include:

* How many Al Quaeda leaders, in raw numbers rather than percentages, have been removed from their leadership roles?

* Who are these apprehended individuals?

* How were these individuals identified?

* How were they apprehended?

* Were they formally charged with any crimes? If so, under what judicial system are they being/have they been (Bush's tenses vary) "brought to justice"?

* If still living, where are these individuals now?

[Jade Fox]

9. Thanks!