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Al Qaeda Leader Punked
May 15,
2008: The head of al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu
Ayyub al Masri, just got demoted. The U.S. reward for his capture, dead or
alive, was reduced from $5 million to $100,000. There's been no response to
this from mister al Masri, but one can assume that he is not happy. It's
difficult to keep track of who is winning in the war on terror. But one measure
of success is the size of the rewards offered for terrorist leaders. High
rewards indicate a dangerous man. On the downside, those rewards require the
guy in question has to be careful with where he goes and who he associates
with. Earlier this month, Iraqi police thought they had arrested al Masri, but
it turned out to be a case of mistaken identity. That incident apparently caused
the U.S. to review its rewards policy for al Qaeda officials in Iraq. It's been
a bad year for al Qaeda there, with heavy losses and a major reduction in
capabilities. The U.S. would still like to get al Masri, but not for $5
million.
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