Iraq Alqaeda leader held إلقاء القبض على القائد في القاعدة

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The U.S. military on Wednesday announced the arrest of a senior leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, an insurgent who, the military said, is casting himself as a "conduit" between the top leaders of al Qaeda and al Qaeda in Iraq.

Khalid al-Mashadani, an Iraqi also known as Abu Shahed, was seized on July 4 in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul and is in coalition custody, the military said.

"He served as the al Qaeda media emir for Baghdad and then was appointed the media emir for all of Iraq," said Brig. Gen. Kevin J. Bergner, Multi-National Force-Iraq spokesman, who briefed reporters.

He is believed to be the most senior Iraqi in al Qaeda in Iraq.

During interrogations, al-Mashadani shed light on the workings of al Qaeda in Iraq and its connection with al Qaeda outside of Iraq, Bergner said.

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He said al-Mashadani is a close associate of al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri and served as an "intermediary" between al-Masri, al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri, the second-in-command of al Qaeda.

"In fact, communication between senior al Qaeda leadership and al-Masri frequently went through al-Mashadani," Bergner said.

Bergner said al-Mashadani co-founded an organization "in cyberspace" called the Islamic State of Iraq, which he referred to as a "marketing" effort to create a Taliban-like state in Iraq. Watch Bergner's briefing to reporters »

Al-Mashadani also shed light on the Islamic State of Iraq, the so-called umbrella group of Iraqi insurgents that includes al Qaeda in Iraq.

That group has claimed responsibility for many terrorist attacks.

But Bergner said that al-Mashadani passed on the information that the creation of the group was a ruse to cast itself as home-grown, when in fact it is led by foreigners.

It went so far as to create a fictional political head of Islamic State of Iraq, Omar al-Baghdadi and an actor was used to portray him.

Bergner said Islamic State of Iraq is "a front organization" for al Qaeda in Iraq and a "pseudonym" for it as well.

"It is really being controlled, directed and guided by al Qaeda in Iraq leadership."

Bergner also said al-Mashadani was a leader in the Ansar al Sunna terrorist group before joining al Qaeda in Iraq two-and-a-half-years ago.

What the U.S. military has learned from al-Mashadani and other operatives they've seized is that "there is a flow of strategic direction, of prioritization of messaging and other guidance that comes from al Qaeda senior leadership to the al Qaeda in Iraq leadership," Bergner said.

Bergner emphasizes that that there is a "clear connection between al Qaeda in Iraq and al Qaeda senior leadership outside Iraq."

The arrest of al-Mashadani was announced amid controversy over President Bush's contention that al Qaeda and al Qaeda in Iraq are one and the same. The evidence has been not been significant about the extent of the relationship.

But a new U.S. government intelligence analysis released Tuesday said al Qaeda's terrorist activities in Iraq not only serve to bolster the group and recruit more members, but may also be the nexus for another planned attack on U.S. soil.

The declassified portion of the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) warns of "a persistent and evolving terrorist threat over the next three years" from Islamic terrorist groups, namely al Qaeda.

Al Qaeda is increasing its efforts to get operatives into the United States for an attack and has nearly all the capabilities it needs to carry out such a mission, according to the report, which represents the combined analyses of all 16 U.S. intelligence agencies.

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[ose19]

اللهم تقبله في الشهداء

القااااعدة على قلوب المنافقين قااااعدة

[Islamic77]

القاعد قاعدة على صدوركم بأذن الله.

الحــمــد لله على نعمة التكفير .

[yabashoof]

ممكن تقولون لنا--كم ارهابي شيعي مسكتم؟؟كم ايراني يلعب باعراض الشيعه قبل السنة مسكتم؟؟بس قادرين على ولد الملحه اللي مكنوكم الامريكان منهم-بنزع اسلحتهم واعتقال ابطالهم واسودهم-----اذا انتن زلم هاي ايران تحتل كل العراق خلصوا الفكة منهم فقط------

[Assyrian2c]

@IslamInternationall pls look up 1001 islamic inventions and youll know the truth.

u make me laugh when u say 1001 inventions by muslims!

[IslamInternationall]

@Assyrian2c I am not making any promises or deals but just youtube search "1001 inventions Muslims" And this doesnt matter because all I am saying is that Muslims should confirm the news the kuffar say

[Assyrian2c]

@IslamInternationall exactly since yous are all so incompetent and closed brained with 1400 years old thinking that are good at consuming not producing and by producing i mean inventing useful things for the world because yous dont do that. and if u name me 3 useful things yous contributed to the world, i will admit infront of everybody that i am wrong and your right. and if u cant then u gotta promise me that youll never log on to youtube the Kaffir media as u call it. deal??

[IslamInternationall]

@Assyrian2c Actually most of the products are made by poor people and it is not forbidden to take their products because we are paying for it. Kaffir media is when Kaffirs report news and thus Muslims should check what they are saying to make sure it is correct, thats all

[Assyrian2c]

@IslamInternationall i understand what u mean, but why do u call them kaffir when they provide u with everything? name one good thing that was made by muslims perhaps?? so if u dont like kaffirs so much dont use their help for example computers, cars, airplanes etc etc etc all are made by kaffirs as u might call us. so dont use it and go invent ur own islamic stuff and show us which is better...

[IslamInternationall]

@Assyrian2c Before going all emotional on the comments, do you understand taking news from kaffirs and taking news from muslims?

[Assyrian2c]

@IslamInternationall your not answering my questions?? your running away from debate just like the others? im not intrested in your heaven you can keep it all to urself and answer my questions please!

[IslamInternationall]

@Assyrian2c I can't wait until Allah holds you responsible for what you said on the day of horror when people will appear drunk because of fear and when childrens hair will become white because of fear. Come to Islam and stop believing the lying media. Then maybe Allah will give you peace and paradise

[Assyrian2c]

@IslamInternationall

really??? your brain is the size of a peanut, if you call youtube a kaffir media then why are you using it??? infact why are you using a computer? because it is American owned! everytime you buy anything, you give money to America because your hairy unappreciating ass is owned by America.

it is people like you that are making iraq a living hell with your backward thinking. grow up and read a book for once to come up with ur conclusions instead of listening to ur sheikh!