SkinsNut73 Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Breaking news flash on CNN...more details to come..but all it says now is: Terror suspect Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was detained in 2004, but released by Iraqi security who did not know his identity, Iraqi official says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 OMFG that sucks. aaaaarggggg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Dang! Wasn't this when he was doing executions still, or was that earlier. How did they not check for this kind of stuff. see what happens when you release people to quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenaa Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 I thought this was reported before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanCollins Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 I guess the Iraqi guard doesn't watch tv :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Maybe if they had sent him to Abu Grahb, they could have taken some pics of him and someone would have recognized him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopper Dave Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 God, how ****ty is that? Talk about something coming back to bite you in the ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsNut73 Posted December 15, 2005 Author Share Posted December 15, 2005 More details now.... BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraqi security forces caught the most wanted man in the country last year, but released him because they didn't know who he was, the Iraqi deputy minister of interior said Thursday. Hussain Kamal confirmed that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi -- the al Qaeda in Iraq leader who has a $25 million bounty on his head -- was in custody at some point last year, but he wouldn't provide further details. A U.S. official couldn't confirm the report, but said he wouldn't dismiss it. "It is plausible," he said. Thursday's news tops a list of reports of missed opportunities to capture the terrorist mastermind. An official said the military receives frequent reports of al-Zarqawi sightings, all of which are investigated. In April, U.S. troops stormed a hospital in Ramadi based on credible intelligence that terrorists were hiding there, but no suspects were found, military officials said in early May. A high-ranking Iraqi Army officer said there were rumors that al-Zarqawi was at the Ramadi medical center, and several groups affiliated with the al Qaeda operative issued statements saying the same. Iraqi Lt. Gen. Nasser Abadi said Thursday that al-Zarqawi was taken to the hospital. "When we got the news, we rushed there, but he was out of there," the general said. http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/15/zarqawi.captured/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomerics Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Somehow I doubt they didn't know who he was. I would be willing to bet he was "released" by some sympathesizers, but that's only an edumacated guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 Old news. I read about this months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjunkies Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 That's something you just don't admit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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