"Chemical Ali" Captured

[Eli]

CNN :

"Chemical Ali," fifth on coalition most wanted Iraqis list, in U.S. custody, military officials say. Details to come.

[lightblue]

Huh? Thought they were sure they killed him in his villa in Basra? Must've missed his escape

[Sikander]

Originally posted by lightblue
Huh? Thought they were sure they killed him in his villa in Basra? Must've missed his escape

And you'd think his resurection would have yielded a bit more attention as well.

[BeBMan]

Yeah heard it too just minutes ago. Good.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by lightblue
Huh? Thought they were sure they killed him in his villa in Basra? Must've missed his escape

He was reported killed during the war, but there have been reports of him being alive since, and Centcom has maintained his status as "uncertain". Thats why his being alive is not news.

His being captured IS good news, however.

[Arrian]

Are we sure about it this time?

-Arrian

[CerberusIV]

Seem to be certain they have got the right one.

Any indication of when the trials will start?

[FrustratedPoet]

Have I gone back in time? What month is this?

[lord of the mark]

More news from Iraq

from Las Vegas Sun

"U.S. forces captured a suspected senior member of Saddam Hussein's Fedayeen militia who was carrying a shopping list for explosives materials, a military official said Thursday.

The man, Rashid Mohammed, was also holding a list of ten Iraqi names that U.S. forces believe was an assassination list when soldiers stopped his car on a highway north of Baqouba, 45 miles northeast of Baghdad, with two other men in a car, Lt. Col. William Adamson from the 588th Engineering Battalion said. Mohammed was detained along with two men who were traveling with him, he added.

"We suspect this was a senior man organizing Saddam Fedayeen activities in Baqouba. We also have reason to believe, based on documents obtained, that he was actively purchasing improvised explosive devices with remote controlled detonators," Adamson said. He did not give the names of the people on the list.

Adamson said other informants had told U.S. forces that Mohammed had been trying to organize a 600-strong militia in the area around Baqouba. "

[lord of the mark]

A quote from Chemical Ali

Per human rights watch, via Oxblog:


"I will kill them all with chemical weapons! Who is going to say anything? The international community? F_ck them! the international community, and those who listen to them!... I will not attack them with chemicals just one day, but I will continue to attack them with chemicals for fifteen days." "

[Kuciwalker]

Re: More news from Iraq

Originally posted by lord of the mark
"U.S. forces captured a suspected senior member of Saddam Hussein's Fedayeen militia who was carrying a shopping list for explosives materials, a military official said Thursday."

What kind of terrorist keeps the stuff on a SHOPPING LIST of all things? Isn't that not a particularly safe thing to do? He deserves one of those "stupid criminal" awards.

[FrustratedPoet]

1. 10 thousand pounds of dynamite
2. Two dozen rods of weapons-grade plutonium
3. 14 buckets of Anthrax
4. Sliced Bread
5. Something for dinner tonight.
6. A turkey for sunday.
7. (milk???)

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by Sikander


And you'd think his resurection would have yielded a bit more attention as well.

Odds are it won't last long.

I'll bet he'll be extraordinarily cooperative though.

[klesh]

Great! Now all we need are those pesky WMD's. Didn't they die in the initial assualt too?

[Dis]

I thought this guy was supposed to be dead?