It appears al-Qaeda in Iraq runs a chain of gas stations. Whoda thunk?

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/iraq/20070208-0610-iraq-al-qaida.html

Iraqi security forces say aide to al-Qaeda in Iraq leader detained south of Baghdad

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra
ASSOCIATED PRESS

6:10 a.m. February 8, 2007

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraqi security forces detained an aide to the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq in a raid early Thursday at a gas station south of Baghdad, state-run television and a security official said.

The official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media, said the aide to Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, also known as Abu Ayyub al-Masri, was one of two men arrested in the dawn raid.

The two suspects ran a gas station in Mahmoudiya, about 20 miles south of Baghdad, on behalf of al-Qaeda in Iraq, the official said, adding the returns from selling gas and other oil products on the black market were being used to finance the operations of local al-Qaeda in Iraq cells.

[whistle]

1. Exxon Iraq? Uhmmm....

[pauldp]

2. probably also linked to the Sunni Jihadists the CIA's been supporting in Iran. nt

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