Captured Al Qaeda Leader: Iraqi Terrorist Leader A Fraud, Bin Laden Controls Terror Operations

Ken McCracken • July 20, 2007

You know that terror leader we captured in Iraq? The one whose capture was just reported the other day? He’s singing like a canary, and saying some interesting things:

BAGHDAD — Over the past year, Iraqis heard several audio recordings by a mysterious terrorist leader named Omar al-Baghdadi singing the praises of the organization al-Qaeda in Iraq and urging his followers to attack U.S. troops.
The whole thing was a sham, the U.S. military said Wednesday. Al-Baghdadi was actually a fictional character dreamed up by al-Qaeda in Iraq to bolster its local credibility because the group is largely run by non-Iraqis. The voice heard in the recordings belonged to an Iraqi actor, the military said.
The character was “a creation of al-Qaeda in Iraq leadership to help put an Iraqi face on … their efforts here,” Brig. Gen. Kevin Bergner told reporters.
The revelation occurred after the capture in Mosul on July 4 of the top al-Qaeda in Iraq leader, Khaled Abdul-Fattah Dawoud Mahmoud al-Mashhadani. He confessed that al-Baghdadi was a “myth” concocted by the group’s Egyptian-born leader, Abu Ayyub al-Masri.
Al-Mashhadani also told interrogators that Osama bin Laden’s inner circle still wields considerable influence over al-Qaeda in Iraq.

So, in summary, al Qaeda is an invading foreign force in Iraq rather than a group with local support. They’ve been hiding this fact by making up a fictitious Iraqi leader and using an Iraqi actor to voice his messages (presumably for reasons of accent and regional dialect). Also, terror operations in Iraq are closely directed by senior al Qaeda officials. Presumably bin Laden (if he’s still alive, they may be pretending he’s alive in order to use him has a figurehead) and Ayman al Zawahiri.
What dose this mean for operations in Iraq? Al Qaeda’s little charade with al Baghdadi being exposed should help with efforts to recruit local Iraqis to fight against the terrorists. It is also more evidence to suggest that Iraq is, in fact, part of the global war on terror, and that al Qaeda’s top leaders feel Iraq is an important part of the war on terror.
Which totally blows up the left’s biggest reason for leaving Iraq, which is the idea that we’d then be able to devote more resources to fighting the “real” war on terror.
Clearly, Iraq is the “real war on terror.”

Tags: Military, Politics, War On Terror

http://www.dartemis.net/blog/ sayanything-42

elinas,

One or two at a time works. We’ll get around to any others that require our attention as time and circumstances permit.

And I see there is a reason for your brown breeches and yellow hose.
http://www.dartemis.net/blog/ sayanything-42

ellinas,

The defense of these United States is, and must needs be, a defense in depth. It also redounds to our huge advantage to do what fighting needs done on someone else’s dirt.

The terrorists (the enemies of all civilized persons) are making a stand in Iraq. Killing them there is in the best interests not only of the United States, but of mankind.

Here endeth the lesson.
http://SayAnythingBlog.com The_Whistler_ofnd

There are also tons of terrorists in Kashmir, India, Pakistan, Phillipines, Egypt, Malaysia, Indonesia, Russia, Sudan, Somalia, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuella, North Korea, Colombia and numerous other countries.

And Grease (sic)
FlyOnTheWall

The voice heard in the recordings belonged to an Iraqi actor, the military said.

Combine this with real news stories about large scale fake beheadings and this has got to be one of the strangest wars ever. AQ, realizing it’s dangerous to ‘actually’ kill a pile of people gets the AP to release a story of a non-event on a fairly regular basis.

This is not a WagTheDog situation, exactly, what would you call it? When the dust settles it will make a fascinating read in the history books.

When Saddam was a terrorist-supporting bad guy in the 90′s the X-Files did a spoofing where Michael McKean was the govt agent that hired the actor to play Saddam so we could have a bad guy.
Neiman

Let the Iraqis fight the fucking terrorists. It’s their country. We defend ours they defend theirs

.

The terrorists are fighting against America. The Sunnis and Shiites are mostly killing each other; and, by pure serendipity, when we deposed Saddam the Islamic terrorists like Al Queda decided to take their battle against America to Iraq, because we were there and whether you like it or not, the global battle against Islamic Fundamentalism which we must fight and win is now centered in Iraq. If we defeat the Islamic Jihadists there, we will strike a severe morale blow against their militaristic, murderous strategy; on the other hand if we leave Iraq short of a clear victory, it will be interpreted by the Islamic Jihadists as a military victory against the United States and the West, and it will embolden them to drive us out of Saudi Arabia, Kuwaiit and the Middle East. They have already shown us their hold card, terrorism in Europe and here at home, so if we keep them busy in Iraq until we win there, they will only minimally hit the West, if they win by our cowardly withdrawal (surrender), they will step up their activities elsewhere.

Now, shall we deliver a serious body blow to the Islamic Jihadists in Iraq or shall we leave there short of a clear victory and thereby increase the intensity of the flame of global Jihad under the leadership of Iran to our own peril? Come on, make a choice!
Bat One

ellinas,

Surely there is something at which you are more demonstrably capable than this embarrassing attempt at sarcasm.

Of the 15 places you’ve named, Islamist terrorists are known to operate in 10. (while it is not publicly known whether there are Islamist terrorist operations in the SA countries you’ve named both Hebollah and Hamas are in the “triangle” area of Paraguay.)

Saying we should fight them here is glib, but not nearly as clever as it may sound. Yo treat terrorism as a law enforcement problem means, by definition, that we wait for them to strike, like a rapist or a bank robber and then go after the perpetrator. Doing it your way only ensures that they are successful, and leaves a lot of innocent American victims too.
Harry Reid

There is no Al Qaeda in Iraq…we nee to move our troops to Afghanistan so we can fight Al Qaeda there.
Bat One

Proving once again that Harry Reid, whose only military training or experience was as a part time rent-a-cop at night during law school, simply hasn’t a clue.
ellinas

There are also tons of terrorists in Kashmir, India, Pakistan, Phillipines, Egypt, Malaysia, Indonesia, Russia, Sudan, Somalia, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuella, North Korea, Colombia and numerous other countries.
Lets go fight them there too. Why limit our war on terror to Iraq? Man o’ man…. If we don’t get them there, we certainly will have to fight them here. Not a good prospect. I for one shit my pants from fear.
ellinas

And Grease (sic)
The Whistler on July 19, 2007 at 01:15 pm

Oooppss…. Sory Whistler, you are right.

Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Morroco, Yemen, etc, etc, etc.

Bat One, the other countries (non Islamic)I added for good measure (actualy to pad my list).
But I offer you my sincere congratulations and admiration on the ” “triangle” area of Paraguay”. I bet a lot of people forgot the Islamoterrorist bombings against Jewish interests in that area.
http://www.graemesblog.com/ Graeme

Pakistan is the front in the war on terror. Most of the foreign fighters in Iraq are from Saudi Arabia, another ally. Hmmm. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, our allies are the major terrorists?

Under bush, Al Qaeda is stronger than ever.

The non Al Qaeda resistance groups have a right to fight occupiers, just as you or I would if our country was occupied. The indiscriminate killings of civilians makes Iraqis hate Al Qaeda, as well as the occupiers.

Al Qaeda wouldn’t stand a chance in Iraq with the US gone.

What Iraq needs is a Tito or De Gaulle, someone that fought off the American occupation and Al Qaeda quasi-occupation and is seen as legitimate head of state for Iraq. Some Sunni groups are anti-Al Qaeda, nationalists (they don’t accept money weapons, etc.. from other countries) and have expressed the desire to work with Shia groups. They wouldn’t take kindly to being our client state like the current Vichy Iraq government.

The “military option” has been a complete failure in fighting extremists. It has been great creating them.
ellinas

Let the Iraqis fight the fucking terrorists. It’s their country. We defend ours they defend theirs.

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