Report: Leader of “Islamic State of Iraq” captured
posted at 3:51 pm on March 4, 2007 by Allahpundit
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ISI is the umbrella group of Sunni jihadis to which various organizations, including Al Qaeda in Iraq, have pledged their allegiance.
I’m on my way out the door, but here’s the article. Big fish on the hook here if it’s true.
Update: More background on ISI from Roggio:
Al-Qaeda established the Islamic State in Iraq in October of 2006 to put an Iraqi face on al-Qaeda’s operations in Iraq and unite the Sunni disparate elements of the insurgency. Al-Qaeda claims the Islamic State of Iraq is comprised of “Baghdad, Anbar, Diyala, Kirkuk, Salah al-Din, Ninawa, and in other parts of the governorate of Babel.” The declaration of the Sunni Islamic State of Iraq followed the creation of the “Mutayibeen Coalition,” which includes six Anbar tribes, as well as three smaller insurgent groups.
But not all Sunni insurgent groups have united under the banner of al-Qaeda’s Islamic State. Sunni tribes and elements of insurgent groups such as the 1920s Revolution Brigade and the Islamic Army in Iraq in Anbar province have formed the Anbar Salvation Council and have fought pitched battles against al-Qaeda, the most recent in Amiriya.
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Nice catch……..real nice catch!!!
NEMETI IN SYRACUSE on March 4, 2007 at 4:03 PM
reel em in! I can smell a fish fry! Just don’t throw em back!
ChrisIansNana on March 4, 2007 at 4:20 PM
The source for the story seems to be Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA).
liberrocky on March 4, 2007 at 4:23 PM
It’d be nice to get some good news.
Iblis on March 4, 2007 at 4:31 PM
I demand waterboarding.
- The Cat
MirCat on March 4, 2007 at 4:54 PM
This is great news. I hope most of Americans get a chance to HEAR (or see) IT..
More Surge Please.
shooter on March 4, 2007 at 4:58 PM
Captured would be great! Of course, the surge will get absolutely no credit for such an achievement.
flutejpl on March 4, 2007 at 5:11 PM
OK, that’s it. When Allah becomes hopeful, you know we’re doomed.
Ali-Bubba on March 4, 2007 at 5:25 PM
/Questions the timeing
/Accuses Rove
RightWinged on March 4, 2007 at 5:28 PM
Nothing on AP must not be true.
/BIG SARC
LakeRuins on March 4, 2007 at 5:32 PM
A news story on Ha, how nice!
We’ve been rolling up a lot of the bad guys recently. This is great news.
thegreatbeast on March 4, 2007 at 5:35 PM
But, but, but I thought Al Qaeda wasn’t in Iraq (or at least that’s what the DhimmiRATs have been saying) </sarcasm>
Semi-seriously, I think it’s time to defrost some northern fillets I have in the freezer (all the walleyes are long gone) and open up a Spotted Cow or two.
Or at least domed (which in Milwaukee is the same thing because we got an inferior roof).
steveegg on March 4, 2007 at 5:57 PM
I think we are about due for some good news.
wryteacher on March 4, 2007 at 6:32 PM
Islam will produce endless supplies of such psychotic homicidal zombies until a stake is driven through heart of its violent suras (Koran 9:5, et al).
Which must be done by Islamic “moderates” in some serious Reformation Council. Soon.
If not, it will mean the eventual annihilation of Islam as a going concern by the threatened Free World, as Nazi-ism had to be violently relegated to the ash-heap of history (except for neo-regurgitated loopy cranks in silly suits meeting in Ramada Inns to rail about the kind of Z.O.G. fantasies that spur on such insignificant fools).
profitsbeard on March 4, 2007 at 6:40 PM
More good news:
From ITM this morning.
billy on March 4, 2007 at 6:51 PM
Islamic “moderates” -defined as a non-existent creature that resides in a figment of the imagination of liberals, RINO’s and many socialist world leaders. Also a term used by some Muslims as an excuse to not be held responsible for the actions of their fellow followers even though they don’t give a rat’s ass about the destruction they have wrought on the world.
rayvet on March 4, 2007 at 7:02 PM
Time to get out the pliers and blow torch and get medieval on his ass! Bravo troops.
x95b10 on March 4, 2007 at 7:16 PM
This all has been happening since the Surge began. Coincidence or cause-and-effect? I hope for the latter, but will take either one.
Mallard T. Drake on March 4, 2007 at 7:59 PM
I despise the phrase ‘comprised of’.
The whole comprise the parts.
The parts compose the whole.
The whole is composed of the parts.
Maybe one could correctly say that
The parts are comprised of the whole.
but I’ve never seen anyone use the word that way.
I am not one of those ancient grammarians who demands that a language remain fossilized as if in amber, and no new meanings for words ever arise. But when someone uses a word in such a way that it directly contradicts an existing meaning, that’s not a sign of a healthy language. Instead it threatens to make the word entirely useless.
People who try to use words that they hear more intelligent people use (but don’t understand themselves) seem to ascribe some power to the word itself to transform them from their ignorance. In that way they debase the effort that generations before them have made to construct tools for clear thinking, just as they destroy the accumulated spiritual capital of Civilization itself with their jihad.
So remember folks, if you say “comprised of”, the terrorists have already won.
The Monster on March 4, 2007 at 8:29 PM
And if there were a damn preview button, I’d have caught this:
The whole comprises the parts.
The Monster on March 4, 2007 at 8:30 PM
Oh, my God! They’ve caught Ken Cribb!
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on March 4, 2007 at 8:52 PM