Al-Queda Chief No Longer Worth Millions

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May 20, 2008

Published in Die Welt
(Germany) on 19 May 2008
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Translated from by Ron Argentati. Edited by .

The United States once considered Abu Ajjub al-Masri an especially dangerous terrorist in Iraq: they put a five million dollar bounty on his head. But meanwhile he’s no longer worth so much, the Americans say. Whoever gets him can only figure on pocketing a six-figure reward.

The US has lowered its reward offer for the al-Queda leader in Iraq to just 100,000 dollars. Al-Masri isn’t as effective as he used to be and isn’t worth the original offer of five million any longer, according to the word in government circles in Washington. The reward had already been lowered to one million last year.

Al-Masri took over as leader of Iraq’s al-Queda commander after his predecessor, Abu Mussab al-Sarkawi, was killed by a US air attack northeast of Baghdad in June of 2006.

According to US sources al-Masri, also known as Abu Hamsa al-Muhajer, joined the terror network as early as 1982 and has been involved numerous terrorist attacks.

Al-Qaida-Chef ist den USA keine Million mehr wert

Abu Ajjub al-Masri galt den USA einst als besonders gefährlicher Terrorist: Fünf Millionen Dollar Kopfgeld setzten sie auf den Al-Qaida-Chef im Irak aus. Inzwischen sei al-Masri aber nicht mehr so viel Geld wert, heißt es jetzt. Wer den Mann festsetzt, darf nur noch mit einer sechsstelligen Summe rechnen.
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Die USA haben die Kopfprämie für die Ergreifung des Al-Qaida-Führers im Irak, Abu Ajjub al-Masri, auf jetzt nur noch 100.000 Dollar gesenkt.

Al-Masri habe an Effizienz verloren und sei nicht mehr die ursprünglich ausgesetzten fünf Millionen Dollar wert, hieß es in Regierungskreisen in Washington. Die Summe war bereits im vergangenen Jahr auf eine Million Dollar heruntergeschraubt worden.

Al-Masri übernahm den Posten als Al-Qaida-Kommandeur im Irak, nachdem sein Vorgänger Abu Mussab al-Sarkawi im Juni 2006 bei einem amerikanischen Luftangriff nordöstlich von Bagdad getötet worden war.

Nach US-Angaben schloss sich al-Masri, auch bekannt als Abu Hamsa al-Muhadscher, schon 1982 dem Terrornetzwerk an. Seitdem soll er in zahlreiche Anschläge verwickelt gewesen

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