Good deal. In Iraq, these rewards for justice bounties sometimes pay off. Both Uday and Qusay were located because of a tipster seeking the $30 million dollar bounty. We will see and hopefully someone turns him in. Maybe even a contractor? lol –Matt
U.S. offers $10-million reward for Al Qaeda in Iraq leader
October 7, 2011
As the U.S. military heads for the exits in Iraq, the State Department is providing a sobering reminder of the dangers still there.
It has offered a $10-million reward for information that helps authorities capture or kill Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali Badri, also known as Abu Dua, the leader of the group Al Qaeda in Iraq.
If the bounty is any measure, finding Abu Dua is now a top priority. Only the chief of the global Al Qaeda organization, Ayman Zawahiri, merits a larger reward: $25 million. That’s also what the State Department offered for Osama bin Laden, who was killed in Pakistan in May.
The department long has offered $10 million for Mullah Omar, the Taliban commander who sheltered Bin Laden in Afghanistan before the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The U.S. also has posted a $5-million bounty for Sirajuddin Haqqani, a leader of a network of Pakistan-based militants that U.S. officials say has attacked American forces in Afghanistan.
Three days after Navy SEALs killed Bin Laden, Abu Dua claimed responsibility for an attack in Hillah, Iraq, that killed 24 police officers and wounded 72 others. His group also claimed responsibility for 23 attacks south of Baghdad in March and April, the State Department said.
On Aug. 15, Abu Dua’s followers launched a wave of suicide attacks that killed more than 70 people, the State Department said. Soon after, the group pledged on its website to carry out 100 attacks across Iraq in retaliation for Bin Laden’s death. The statement claimed the campaign would include raids, suicide attacks, roadside bombs and small-arms assaults in cities and rural areas.
The State Department move against Abu Dua allows Treasury Department officials to freeze his assets, if any can be found. It comes three months before the last 30,000 U.S. combat troops are scheduled to withdraw from Iraq. Negotiations are underway with the Iraqi government to allow a small U.S. force to remain.
Iraqi security forces have taken the lead in security and counterinsurgency efforts against Al Qaeda in Iraq and allied militant groups, as well as against remaining Sunni and Shiite insurgent groups.
Al Qaeda in Iraq suffered significant losses after the U.S. military switched strategies in 2007 and, working with Iraqi troops, tackled the terror groups more directly.Today, it is able to conduct sporadic high-profile terror attacks but no longer controls vast areas of the country.
The militant group has been severely weakened by financial constraints, internal squabbling and Iraqi security operations to interdict foreign recruits as they enter Iraq from Syria, Maj. Gen. David Perkins, commander U.S. forces in northern Iraq, told reporters recently.
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Wanted: ?Abu Du’a ?Up to $10 Million
Place of Birth : Samarra, Iraq
Date of Birth : 1971
Sex : Male
Hair : Black
Eyes : Brown
Complexion : Olive
Aliases : Dr. Ibrahim ‘Awwad Ibrahim ‘Ali al-Badri al-Samarrai’, Ibrahim ‘Awad Ibrahim al-Badri al Samarrai, Abu Duaa’, Dr. Ibrahim, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Abu Du’a is the senior leader of the terrorist organization, al-Qaida in Iraq (AQI). Abu Du’a is in charge of overseeing all AQI operations and is currently based in Iraq. AQI was listed by the UN 1267 Committee in 2004 under permanent reference number QE.J.115.04. Abu Du’a is responsible for managing and directing AQI large scale operations, such as the AQI August 28, 2011 attack on the Umm al-Qura mosque in Baghdad which killed prominent Sunni lawmaker Khalid al-Fahdawi.
In a statement eulogizing Usama bin Ladin, Abu Du’a threatened violent retaliation for bin Ladin’s death. Three days after bin Ladin’s death, Abu Du’a claimed responsibility for an attack in Hilla, Iraq, that killed 24 policemen and wounded 72 others. On August 15, 2011, a wave of AQI suicide attacks began in Mosul, Iraq, which culminated in over 70 deaths. Shortly thereafter, Abu Du’a pledged on AQI’s website to carry out 100 attacks across Iraq in retaliation for bin Ladin’s death.
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