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Top al-Qa'ida Leader Arrested in Egypt

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oralloy
 
Reply Wed 29 Feb, 2012 06:22 am
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iCvqeVe2uIdBSHE302W-OMols9hw?docId=CNG.a2c6398d74224e219834c94f0a38051c.501

Wow!

Saif al-Adel was #5 in their hierarchy on 9/11.

And now after the deaths of Osama bin Laden, Mohammed Atef, and Shaikh Saiid al-Masri, Saif was second only to Zawahiri.

He is by far the highest-ranking al-Qa'ida leader ever captured alive.
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Reply Wed 29 Feb, 2012 06:26 am
@oralloy,
Sounds good. Will it make any noticeable change in things?
oralloy
 
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Reply Wed 29 Feb, 2012 08:06 am
@rosborne979,
rosborne979 wrote:
Sounds good. Will it make any noticeable change in things?


I don't know how noticeable the change would be, but it would be a serious blow.

But now there are reports that maybe it wasn't Saif:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5igeqE3Scq_x5FUvJ0joXFNwHjt2g?docId=80fb07a82ff847cbb037cb5c2ff253d9

He could just be trying to lie his way out of being captured though. I suppose we'll know either way by the end of the day.
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oralloy
 
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Reply Thu 1 Mar, 2012 05:00 am

Darn it, looks like it really was a case of mistaken identity.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/alias-causes-confusion-as-wrong-man-detained-in-cairo/2012/02/29/gIQA4o97iR_story.html

Sigh. Oh well.
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