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Politics : Bush Administration's Media Manipulation--MediaGate?
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To: longnshort who wrote (3978)6/16/2005 9:47:26 AM
From: Proud_Infidel  Read Replies (1) of 9838
 
U.S. military: Al Qaeda leader in Mosul captured
Abu Talha 'surrendered without a fight'

Thursday, June 16, 2005 Posted: 9:42 AM EDT (1342 GMT)

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The U.S. military on Thursday reported the capture of a man described as al Qaeda's leader in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.

Air Force Brig. Gen. Donald Alston identified him as Abu Talha -- whose actual name is Muhammad Khalaf Shakar -- and said he was captured on Tuesday.

"Talha has been one of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's most trusted operations agents in Iraq," Alston said. "This is a major defeat for the al Qaeda organization in Iraq."

"Numerous reports indicated he wore a suicide vest 24 hours a day and stated that he would never surrender. Instead, Talha gave up without a fight," Alston said.

Talha surrendered to multinational forces in a quiet neighborhood in Mosul, Alston said, after information from Iraqi civilians contributed to his capture.

Civilians providing such information indicates they are taking steps against the "increasingly unpopular insurgency," he said.

Jordanian-born al-Zarqawi, wanted by U.S.-led forces for terrorist attacks in Iraq, pledged his allegiance to Osama bin Laden in October. The United States has put a $25 million bounty on al-Zarqawi's capture or death.
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