U.S. Says Senior Al Qaeda Leader Killed

Key Propagandist Has Been Linked To Kidnappings Of Jill Carroll, Tom Fox And Others

(CBS/AP) 
Al-Jubouri was believed to have been deeply involved with the kidnapping of Jill Carroll, the Christian Science Monitor reporter who was released unharmed, and Tom Fox of Clear Brook, Va., one of four men from the Chicago-based peace group Christian Peacemaker Teams who was found shot to death in Baghdad on March 10, 2006. He was also involved in the kidnapping of two Germans in January 2006, Caldwell said.

Caldwell said al-Jubouri helped facilitate Carroll's transport from one location to another and was believed to be the last known person to have custody of Fox before he was killed. The newspaper later released a statement saying that Carroll didn't recognize a photo of al-Jubouri that was released by the military.

U.S. and Iraqi forces have stepped up operations against the terrorist network following a series of car bombings and suicide attacks that have killed hundreds in recent weeks despite the 11-week-old operation in Baghdad and surrounding areas.

At least 50 people were killed or found dead in Iraq on Thursday, including four in mortar attacks in different parts of Baghdad and two in a parked car bombing that also wounded more than 30 in the oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk.

Caldwell said 87 militants had been killed and 465 people of interest detained in 139 operations against the group in April.

He also said al-Jubouri had been working in Syria helping to smuggle foreign fighters and funds into Iraq until he returned to the country in September.

Al-Jubouri was killed during an operation dubbed "Rat Trap" about four miles west of the Taji, a town near an air base north of Baghdad, early Tuesday, Caldwell said. The body was identified by photos and DNA testing, he said.

Al-Jubouri was arrested in 2003 by the U.S. and freed a year later, Caldwell said. A man who claimed to be a relative said al-Jubouri, in his mid-30s and a father of four, deepened his involvement with insurgents. The relative spoke on condition of anonymity out of concern for his own safety.

The military said the body was released to his tribe after a positive identification, but Iraqi security forces had taken it back into custody along with the person transporting it at a checkpoint in Baghdad.

The body was released after the mistake was discovered, but it was seized again at a Sunni mosque in the western Ghazaliyah neighborhood by Iraqi troops, acting on a tip that al-Baghdadi was holed up there, military spokesman Lt. Col. Christopher Garver said.

Garver said he believed the body had been returned to the tribe for burial.

On Thursday, mourners gathered at al-Jubouri's house in Duluiyah, 72 kilometers (45 miles) north of Baghdad, as a huge funeral tent went up in the street, police said.

The Interior Ministry said earlier that al-Baghdadi had been killed and released photos of a bloated body in a wooden coffin in the back of a pickup truck that it said were of him. On Tuesday, officials said al-Masri had been killed by rivals north of Baghdad, but the body had not been recovered.

But Caldwell said the military could not confirm the deaths of either individual.

"We have nobody in our possession or know of anybody that does, alive or dead, that is going through any kind of testing or analysis at this point with respect to those two individuals," Caldwell said.

The U.S. Embassy statement gave no other details about Wednesday's attack that killed the four contractors in the Green Zone — two from India, one from the Philippines and one from Nepal.

The Green Zone houses the U.S. and British embassies, Iraq's parliament and other key government offices and is considered the safest area of the city despite occasional shelling.

Two Americans — a contractor and a soldier — were killed in March in a rocket attack on the area. Two suicide vests were found unexploded in the Green Zone less than a week after that.

The adequacy of security in the area also came into question after the April 12 suicide bombing in the parliament building's dining hall. One lawmaker was killed in the blast, which was claimed by an al Qaeda-led amalgam of Sunni insurgents.

On Wednesday, Rear Adm. Mark Fox, a U.S. military spokesman, said the latest round of Green Zone attacks appears to be part of a strategy by extremists "to score a spectacular hit or try to obtain some sort of a headline-grabbing direct hit."

[sharncedar]

"Senior propagandist" means exactly what. I would guess it means a journalist, nes pas? Good to know the CIA got another journalist, not the first one they've killed in this "war on America".

[feelfree1]

Re: "Key Propagandist Has Been Linked To Kidnappings Of Jill Carroll"

How ironic that CBS would "link" this "propagandist" for us, by way of this unsupported article, by some unnamed and unknown author.

As far as I can tell, "al Qaeda-in-Iraq" is probably little more than a CIA/Mossad, black-bag-psy-ops campaign, aimed at managing public opinion using dirty tricks.

Anyone who "believes" all of the Bush regime successes over the past week, a week where Resident Bu$h vetoed the war of terror spending bill- anyone that swallows these successes without question, must be a coincidence theorist.

[king77shaw]

nice to see we're getting our billions worth

[king77shaw]

things are looking up !

[opfor311]

Did we kill another "Number Two"?
Posted by incog-nito

Looks like it....Mr. Lizard's gonna need another Timmy.....

[j-whitman]

Catch ya later, my sister just pulled into town.

[j-whitman]

badaxmofo,,, We'll see... But don't put much stock in it.. Everyone of Bush's appointees have been incompetent.

[bluestardad]

BUSH CHENEY HAS GOT TO GO! hey bush is sending al Qaeda money in northern Lebanon!


According to a Washington Post/ABC News poll conducted in June, 52 percent of Americans now believe the President deliberately distorted intelligence to make a case for war. In an Ipsos Public Affairs poll, commissioned by AfterDowningStreet.org and completed October 9, 50 percent said that if Bush lied about his reasons for going to war Congress should consider impeaching him. The President's deceit is not only an abuse of power; it is a federal crime. Specifically, it is a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, which prohibits conspiracies to defraud the United States.

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http://www.thenation.com/doc
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If you think Americas sacrifice is worth it contact your ELECTED OFFICIAL and tell them http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/

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[e-mail] Here is the Democratic Party email address also!

[radiob-2009]

Chief spokesman Maj. Gen. William Caldwell said the military did not have the bodies of al Qaeda boss Abu Ayyub al-Masri or Islamic State leader Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and did not know %u201Cof anybody that does.%u201D


Masri is in a Eygptian jail and has been for over 5 years and Baghadi is a much of a shadow to the US or Iraqi intel.Shadows do not have bodies.He is a creation of the Al Queda with only a voice that is the most that is really known.


IN OTHER NEWS BOYCOTT OF ALL FUEL PURCHASES FOR EVERYONE IN THE US IS 5-5 TO 5-9. EMAILS HAVE BEEN SENT TO THOUSANDS OF TRUCKERS AT MAJOR TRUCKING COMPANIES. JOIN THE FIGHT.

[incog-nito]

Did we kill another "Number Two"?

[j-whitman]

badaxmofo,,, We're in agreement,, I'm no expert, but I have been there a few times. Enlighten me on the appropriation..
. Not much has changed over the past 35 years... Kind of like Homeland Security, tons of bucks went into that & they are still struggling for money & are still dysfunctional.

[j-whitman]

badaxmofo,,, You've said that before, then the scandal at Walter Reed broke out --- They (Bush Loyalists) are getting up to $ 33,000 each in bonuses,,
, Money was included for them in the funding bill Bush Veto'd..... They still have a 1 billion dollar shortfall.

[iceman_1960]

We The People:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=nnHkWfIAyHE

[bobnjersey]

[PNAC made possible only because Clintoon wouldn't give the KILL order on OBL...]

pnac exists because bush senior lost the election in '92 ... they were even upset w/ him cause he didn't 'go on to baghdad'

[toldyouso21]

I'm noticing a lot of trolling by GOPers and neo cons-- Even Clinton is still being brought up as if all Bush has done was because of Clinton and not because of his own incompetent and stupid azz and the ignorant people who supported him. Somehow very little about the actual subject subject at hand comes up in their posts--now why is that? nothing to say? No defense? Rush and Sean haven't told you guys what to think about Iraqis "flyin' while American GIs are dyin' and Bush keeps on lyin'? " YET? PATHETIC. ROTFLMAO.

[toldyouso21]

toldyouso21 - she can tell you who's #1 on the rap chart, but when it comes to worldly events, stop getting your info from the Dan Rather's and Rosie O'Donnels of the world.
Posted by badaxmofo at 05:11 PM : May 03, 2007

LOL. Do you mean the GOP criminal rap sheets? (www.armchairsubversive.com)--sorry it is soooo long now, I can no longer keep up--but maybe you might want to get back to the REAL topic--about how Iraq is taking time off since you and your ilk have practically promised them all the time in the world.....

[j-whitman]

Iraq gets a 2 month vacation while Bush loyalist get $ 33,000 dollar bonuses with a $ 1 billion dollar shortfall & neglects our Old Soldiers home & our returing wounded vetrans --
--- Something's very wrong with this picture --

[toldyouso21]

nice diversion, now back to the topic--If Republicans do not have timetables or meaningful benchmarks with consequences, how do they ensure progress? or is progress not actually what we want? After all, since Bush vetoed the timetables, Iraqis feel comfortable in taking a 2 month vacation while AMericans fight and die for them and America pays them--just how long do Republicans propose continuing this state of affairs and how will they ever convince the Iraqis to do more since 4 years of "Iraqis standing up as we stand down" has not worked? Stay the course indeed.

[irishmail42]

Iraq Lawmakers are considering a long summer break.

Now you know why we need bench marks with teeth in them.

[toldyouso21]

PNAC made possible only because Clintoon wouldn't give the KILL order on OBL?
Posted by badaxmofo at 05:04 PM : May 03, 2007

What could you possibly know of reality? Of course--the reason your party is full of fvcked up meglomaniacs must be Clinton's fault. Sorry, I do not believe or respect people who do not take responsibility for the actions they personally take. The GOP is responsible for the war in Iraq, the continuation of that war, for ignoring and consequently having to reject the Geneva Conventions, for all the deaths, Iraqi, allies and American in Iraq, for the breach of FISA, for outing an agent, , for part of the failures of Katrina, for the failure to have a real plan or even listen to others before invading Iraq, for the DOJ debacle including the intent to influence or stack the courts in favor of GOP candidates, for rubberstamping Bush's plans and failing to vet or properly investigate or oversee what the Executive branch was doing, for sanctioning torture and concentration camps, for the numerous lies and misinformation (misspeak is another word for LIES) for rampant cronyism, The GOP is now a slur--its members, pariahs and if this continues, they may implode as a party, Nothing is more sickening than saying you would destroy another people and their country--to keep from fighting your own war on our home ground. "We fight them there...so we don't have to fight them here" That is like using someone's else's toothbrush to clean your own toilet.