Zarqawi Mentor Arrested on JihadTV
Charles Johnson
Tue Jul 5, 2005 at 6:59 pm PDT • Views: 143
While he was doing an interview with JihadTV (aka Al Jazeera, now planning a major expansion into the US market), Jordanian authorities arrested Issam Barqawi (aka Sheikh Abu Mohammad al-Maqdisi), the “spiritual mentor” of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi: Jordan arrests mentor of Qaeda’s Zarqawi. (Hat tip: Amy.)
Let me reiterate: while he was doing an interview. Anyone with access to the footage of this incident, please contact LGF.
DUBAI (Reuters) - Jordanian authorities have arrested the spiritual mentor of Iraq’s al Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Al Jazeera television said.
The Arabic channel quoted its correspondent as saying authorities arrested Issam Barqawi, better known as Sheikh Abu Mohammad al-Maqdisi, as the television was broadcasting an interview with him.
Islamist and security sources have said the 43-year-old Muslim cleric — who molded the militant Islamic views of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi — was released on June 28 after a six-month detention at intelligence headquarters following his acquittal at a trial of Jordanian and Saudi sympathizers of al Qaeda.
He had been under close surveillance by authorities at his house near Zarqa, east of the capital, where fellow Jordanian Zarqawi was born.
Frank says: