High Ranking Enemy Captured

Abu Ayman was once a part of SaddamÂ’s intelligence service and his believed to have close ties to al-Qaeda in Iraq and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (Zaqueery)

Times Online : In a statement issued by the Multi-National Force in Iraq, Muhammed Hila Hammad Ubaydi, more widely known as Abu Ayman, was described as a terrorist leader with "close ties" to al-Zarqawi and the prime suspect for the kidnap of Guiliana Sgrena, an Italian journalist who was released last year.
Ayman was seized by Iraqi soldiers in the Al Mahmudiyah neighborhood of southern Baghdad on March 7, according to the statement, but his capture was not made public until his identity was confirmed by DNA tests.

Ayman's capture was the climax of a "determined manhunt" launched after his deputy, a Syrian-born insurgent called Abu Qatada, was seized by coalition soldiers on December 27, US commanders said today.
Qatada was found hiding in a canal in Baghdad and his interrogation "provided critical information that has led to the capture of several of his terrorist associates"

He is blamed for a string of bombings in the Iraqi capital, the assassination of government officials and for attacks on Iraqi and coalition forces. An aide to Saddam Hussein's chief of staff for intelligence, Ayman is thought to have led an extremist group known as the Secret Islamic Army in Babil, a province south of Baghdad.

"Apprehension of a guy like Abu Ayman is gonna help us work our way toward al Zarqawi in just a matter of time,"

I dunno, Zaqueery is a slippery little devil, must be all the astroglide, I sure hope he is caught. Again just because Iraqi intelligence gave Zaqueerboy refuge, a new leg, former regime elements fight with al-Qaeda, and Iraqi intelligence asked for terrorists to attack US interests does not mean Iraq supported terrorism.

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