{"id":583,"date":"2005-02-26T00:04:17","date_gmt":"2005-02-26T06:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=583"},"modified":"2006-02-27T23:23:42","modified_gmt":"2006-02-28T05:23:42","slug":"zarqawi-aides-captured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/?p=583","title":{"rendered":"Zarqawi Aides Captured"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Iraqi government is claiming to have captured two close associates<\/a> of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, including a key piece in the terrorist leader’s organizational web.<\/p>\n

The government said in a statement that Talib Mikhlif Arsan Walman Al-Dulaymi, also known as Abu Qutaybah, was captured during a Feb.20 raid in Anah, about 260 km northwest of the capital.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Abu Qutaybah was responsible for determining who, when and how terrorist network leaders would meet with Zarqawi,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the government said.<\/p>\n

He \u00e2\u20ac\u0153filled the role of key lieutenant for the Zarqawi network, arranging safe houses and transportation as well as passing packages and funds to Zarqawi,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the government said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153His extensive contacts and operational ability throughout western Iraq made him a critical figure in the Zarqawi network.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

During the same raid, Iraqi forces also captured another Zarqawi aide who \u00e2\u20ac\u0153occasionally acted as his driver,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the government said. The man was identified as Ahmad Khalid Marad Ismail Al-Rawi, who also helped arrange meetings for Zarqawi.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When viewed in light of other recent captures, one has to see al-Zarqawi’s days in Iraq as numbered. Arrests like these lead to more arrests and the noose slowly tightens. Am I predicting a capture of al-Zarqaqi? No, but it would be nice. However, I wouldn’t be surprised to learn in the upcoming months that the Jordanian-born terrorist has decided to operate remotely, having found active participation in Iraq precluded by his cowardice and an increasingly untenable environment. In other words, unless captured, the punk could soon treat Iraq like he did his outpost in Fallujah.<\/p>\n

“Run away.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Iraqi government is claiming to have captured two close associates of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, including a key piece in the terrorist leader’s organizational web. The government said in a statement that Talib Mikhlif Arsan Walman Al-Dulaymi, also known as Abu Qutaybah, was captured during a Feb.20 raid in Anah, about 260 km northwest of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-middle-east","category-war-on-terror"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}