CNN: Iraq Dep. Interior Minister Says Al-Zarqawi Caught & Released in '04

[VolcanoJen]

Breaking now on CNN... searching for link

[NashVegas]

1. By Whom?

Inquiring minds ...

[sabra]

2. was he charged with J walking?

Reminds me of UBL and Tora Bora. Interested in learning more...

[sabra]

3. CNN.com home page has something

> BREAKING NEWS Terror suspect Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was detained in 2004, but released by Iraqi security who did not know his identity, Iraqi official says.

[sabra]

4. if they didn't know his identity then

how did they come to the conclusion now, that it was him? hmm...

[0007]

8. Good question!

I think who ever is in the propaganda room right now is drunk.

[VaYallaDawg]

17. And that, of course, could possibly be ...... Chimpy????

[0007]

20. I'd say junior is right in there making his pitch at the bottle.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

34. on CNN.com his image looks

seriously photoshopped. check out the top of his head.

[daleo]

5. Why would they release this information now?

If it's a lie, why now?
If it's the truth, why now?

I wouldn't believe them if they said water was wet.

[Don Claybrook]

6. Is he a red snapper now?

Was Zarqawi shorter than the minimum length becuase of his missing legs, so the catch-and-release program let him go?

Or did he need to go earn the rest of his salary from the DoD's black ops slush fund?

[Andrushka]

16. Ha ha!

:rofl:

Exactly the thought I had!

[EFerrari]

46. LOL!

:rofl:

[orwell]

7. I didn't know...

...that Clinton's penis was in Iraq.

[MadisonProgressive]

9. The Clenis is all-omniscient

[alcibiades_mystery]

10. I doubt it

This guy wouldn't surrender without a fight.

[Nimrod2005]

11. Breaking BIG TIME: Terror suspect Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was detained

Terror suspect Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was detained in 2004, but released by Iraqi security who did not know his identity, Iraqi official says.

[oregonindy]

13. yeah right..the one legged been killed 9 times already terrorist was held

and not recognized...yeah right.

[Wise Doubter]

19. 2004 ???!!

WTF does this have to do with TODAY.

He has been almost caught 4-5 times since.

can you say boogey-man ?

:eyes:

[lovuian]

12. I'm not surprised I wouldn't doubt Chalabi released him

they don't want to capture these guys They work for Bush...

[spotbird]

14. This story will die quickly nt

[MidwestTransplant]

15. I think CNN is breaking old news. I heard this ages ago.

[Javaman]

18. Queue the trumpet...

WAH Wah wah...

It's like watching a bunch of 3 stooges clones running around over there.

Is moron* moe larry or curlie? or all of the above?

colossal racist dimwitted failure*.

[NightOwwl]

21. Terror chief mistakenly released, official says -CNN-

Terror chief mistakenly released, official says.

"Iraqi security forces captured the most wanted terrorist suspect in the country last year, but released him because they didn't know who he was, the Iraqi deputy minister of interior said Thursday. A U.S. official could not confirm the report, but said he would not dismiss it. "It is plausible," he said. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi -- the al Qaeda in Iraq leader -- has a $25 million bounty on his head, and is accused of being behind many insurgency bombings and kidnappings."

http://www.cnn.com/

They are not only evil, the are the stupidest administration in history.

[DS1]

22. Suuuure it was a mistake

[Cha]

23. Ooooooppppps!

THey let al-Zarqawi go so they can kill him again!

[NightOwwl]

25. Flip-floppers!

x(

[Todd B]

28. "They caught him before they didn't catch him!"

Maybe he had one of those fake glasses and moustache disguises to fool them? :)

[Anakin Skywalker]

24. LOL!

Too funny.

[jeff30997]

26. Hey,that must be the same guy they keep capturing again and again.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

27. But the #2 al Quaeda guy was killed. That's what's important.

Over and over and over and over again, our Coalition of the Willing killed al Quaeda's #2 guy.

They've been in their final throes as a result, and I PREDICT that within DAYS we'll be greeted as the liberators we always knew we were.

:rofl:

[snippy]

29. Will there be floral program related activities? n/t

[alfredo]

30. Bush turned down 3 chances to capture him

before the war. I wouldn't be surprised that bush ordered him released. Let's face it, Zarqawi is worth more as a propaganda tool than a prisoner.

[usregimechange]

31. Kick

[VolcanoJen]

44. Thank you for the link and follow-up, NightOwwl

I had to leave for work just after posting CNN's report, and I was hoping someone would post something substantial.

Interesting timing...

[TheCowsCameHome]

32. He must have told them he was the # 2 man.

[NYC Liberal]

33. I call BULLSHIT!

This guy is ALWAYS "just escaping," has one leg, and has been reported dead more than once - and is attributed to how many terrorist attacks not just in Iraq but all over? I don't think he even exists.

[stop the bleeding]

35. Official: Al-Zarqawi caught, released - I didn't see this here yet

It's CNN :shrug:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/15/zarqawi.captured/index.html

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraqi security forces caught the most wanted man in the country last year, but released him because they didn't know who he was, the Iraqi deputy minister of interior said Thursday.

Hussain Kamal confirmed that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi -- the al Qaeda in Iraq leader who has a $25 million bounty on his head -- was in custody at some point last year, but he wouldn't provide further details.

In April, U.S. troops stormed a hospital in Ramadi based on credible intelligence that terrorists were hiding there, but no suspects were found, military officials said in early May.

A high-ranking Iraqi Army officer said there were rumors that al-Zarqawi was at the Ramadi medical center, and several groups affiliated with the al Qaeda operative issued statements saying the same.

Iraqi Lt. Gen. Nasser Abadi said Thursday that al-Zarqawi was taken to the hospital. He added that he didn't believe Kamal's report was correct.

"When we got the news, we rushed there, but he was out of there," the general said.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

36. I guess the one eye and one leg

fooled them

[stickdog]

45. T'was merely a flesh wound. (nt)

[tanyev]

37. What, he wasn't quite long enough?

[Akoto]

38. Is that Live Zarqawi #103, or Dead Zarqawi #401?

[OKNancy]

39. the LBN thread is here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1989017

[pinniped]

40. Ooh, like a fish.

These idiots supposedly didn't know what this alleged terra dude al-Zarqawi looked like, but the Iraqis on the street supposedly beat-up and detained some alleged 'butcher' dude last week. He was probably just some poor schmuck carrying his butcher knives on his way home from butchering meat at the shop.

Bull-F-S...

[bklyncowgirl]

41. That's a whoopsie.

Damn terrorists never look like their pictures.

[daleo]

42. Eenie meenie minie mo

Catch Zarqawi by the toe
If he hollers let him go.

But you get to keep the leg that the toe is attached to!

[stickdog]

43. "Knock. Knock." "Who is it?"

"Land Zarq!"

[Moderator]

47. kick

[vajraroshana]

48. Zarqawi 'captured, but let go'

December 17, 2005
BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces allegedly caught terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi but released him because they did not realise who he was.

Deputy Interior Minister Hussein Kamal said on Thursday that the Jordanian-born leader of al-Q'aida in Iraq was in custody some time last year, but he would not provide further details, CNN reported.

The report could not be confirmed, but a US official said in Washington that American intelligence believed it was plausible. The official spoke on condition of anonymity.

There have been several reports of missed opportunities to capture Zarqawi, including an April 28 raid by US forces acting on a tip from local informants that militants, reportedly including the terror leader, were hiding in a hospital in Ramadi, 100km west of Baghdad. The terrorist group al-Q'aida in Iraq and Iraqi officials also denied reports last month that Zarqawi was among those killed in a raid in the northern city of Mosul.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17592718%255E2703,00.html