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  • 10-06-2006 5:10pm
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    up for anything
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    as to whether any names have been bruited as stepping in to fill Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's shoes?

    I need them for an argument elsewhere.:D I hope I haven't posted this in the wrong place but I thought the people who frequent this forum would have an idea.


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    JakeLuxor
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    According to the US its gonna be any egyptian who like Zarqawi spent time in Afghanistan whos 'street name' means father of egypt, but I cant remember the arab spelling for it.


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    Sand
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    Heh, I have a few possibles but Id get banned.

    I think the bookies favourite is Abu al-Masri.
    Caldwell identified Abu Ayub al-Masri, an Egyptian who trained with al-Zarqawi in Afghanistan and who established the first al-Qaida cell in Baghdad in 2002, as the man thought most likely to succeed al-Zarqawi. The U.S. military put a $50,000 price tag on his head in February 2005, but his name has not surfaced yet on any of the Islamist Web sites.

    Al-Masri, which means "the Egyptian" and signifies a nom de guerre, appears to be an al-Qaida insider who is close to Osama bin Laden's No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahiri, also an Egyptian.

    ``It is very clear that he had very close contacts with Zawahiri," Caldwell said.


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    Thanks for the information guys. It should shut him (a true blue Brit) up for a while but if you hear any other names being talked about I'd be grateful if you posted them here. I shouldn't get into political arguments where specifics are looked for. I know what I believe to be true but I'm not great on the debating and backing up end of it.:( :D


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    JakeLuxor
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    Sand wrote:
    Heh, I have a few possibles but Id get banned.

    I think the bookies favourite is Abu al-Masri.

    Interestingly enough theres another name that gets used alot for messages posted by the umnrella group for the insurgents, might just be a PR thing though to give an Iraqi face to the Jihadis.....its Al baghdadi
    But as I say he may well just be the Iraqi versuin of P O'Neill.


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    gbh
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    up for anything wrote:
    as to whether any names have been bruited as stepping in to fill Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's shoes?

    I need them for an argument elsewhere.:D I hope I haven't posted this in the wrong place but I thought the people who frequent this forum would have an idea.


    I'm not 100% and I'm not sure exactly where I heard it..think it was prime time, but they mentioned some guy called Al Masri I think who would be most likely to fill the gap. Expect someone of Jordanian or Syrian origion, who is already in Iraq.


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