European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages stars and stripes saturday april 282007 Pentagon Ai Aida figure caught after being turned Over by Cia iraqi Man taken by Dod to Gizmo by Robert Burns the associated press Washington the Penta gon announced Friday the Cap Ture of one of a Laidas most senior and most experienced opera Tives an iraqi who was trying to return to his native country when he was captured Bryan Whitman a Pentagon spokesman said the captive is Abd Alhadi a iraqi he was received by the Pentagon this week from the Cia Whitman said but the spokesman would not say where or when a iraqi was Cap tured or by whom the Pentagon described a iraqi As an associate of Al Aida Leader Osama bin Laden and As someone who May have been targeting westerners out Side of Iraq the Pentagon took custody of a iraqi at Guantanamo Bay the detention Center for terror suspects Whitman said he is the 15th so called High value Detainee to be taken to Guantanamo Bay after being held by the Cia in secret prisons abroad the other 14 were sent to Guantanamo Bay last september and have since undergone military hear Ings there to affirm their status As enemy combatants eligible for military trials Whitman said a iraqi was believed responsible for plotting Cross order attacks from Paki Stan on us forces in Afghani Stan and that he led an Effort to assassinate Pakistan president Gen Pervez Musharraf As Well As unspecified officials of the United nations Abd Alhadi a iraqi was ing to return to his native coun try Iraq to manage a Laidas affairs and possibly focus on operations outside Iraq against West Ern targets Whitman said add ing that the terror suspect met with Al Aida members in Iran he said he did not know when a iraqi was in Iran the Pentagon said a iraqi was born in Mosul in Northern Iraq in 1961 Whitman said he was a key Al Aida paramilitary Leader in Afghanistan in the late 1990s and during 200204 led efforts to attack us forces in Afghanistan with terrorist forces based in Pakistan in August 2005 a iraqi appeared in a purported Alai damage video that shows militants in ing europeans arabs and others the Abd Ahadi a iraqi file according to biographical information provided by the Pentagon a iraqi served in the iraqi military it said he spent More than 15 years in Afghani Stan and at one Point was an instructor in an Al Aida training Camp there before the terrorist at tacks of sept 11 2001 he was a member of a Laidas ruling Snura Council no defunct Sory body to Osama bin Laden he also was a member of a Laidas military com Mittee which oversaw terror guerrilla operations and paramilitary training from the associated press to attack us troops and showing off what they said Wasa us military Laptop a iraqi speaking in the video with a Scarf hiding his face said the used wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have created two fronts for recruiting terrorists to the cause of bin Laden and Tali ban Leader Mullah Omar now All the world is United be Hind Mullah Omar and Sheik Osama he says Whitman said a iraqi was associated with leaders of other extremist groups Allied with Al Aida in Afghanistan and Paki Stan including the Taliban he worked directly with the Taliban to determine lines of communication Between Taliban and Al Aida leaders in Afghanistan specifically about the targeting of us forces the spokesman said v according to biographical inform Matin provided by  on Friday served inthe iraqi military it said he spent More than 15 years in Afghani Stan and at one Point was an instructor in an Al Aida training Camp there before the terrorist attacks of sept 11 2001 he was a member of a Laidas ruling shura coun cil a no defunct 10person advisory body to bin Laden the Penta gon said he also was a member of a Laidas military committee which oversaw terrorist and guerrilla operations and paramilitary training the Pentagon said a affix Bililly Iii by Thomas e Ricks the Washington Post Washington an a Tiv duty army officer is publish ing a blistering attack on us generals saying they have botched the War in Iraq and misled con Gress about the situation there americas generals have repeated the mistakes of Vietnam in Iraq charges it col Paul Yin gling an Iraq Veteran who is Dep Uty commander of the 3rd a Mored cavalry regiment the intellectual and moral failures constitute a crisis in american generals Yingling comments Are Espe to s u o 44 our generals Are not worthy of their soldiers m it col Paul Yingling author general failure scially striking because his units performance in securing the North Western iraqi City of Tal afar was cited by president Bush in a March 2006 speech and provided the Model for the new Security plan under Way in Baghdad he also holds a High profile for a lieu tenant colonel having attended the army elite school for advanced military studies and written for one of the army top professional journals military review the article general is to be published Friday in armed forces journal and posted at  its appearance signals the Public emergence of a split inside the Mil itary Between younger mid career officers and the top brass Many majors and lieutenant colonels have privately expressed anger and frustration with the performance of Gen Tommy Franks it Gen Ricardo Sanchez it Gen Raymond Odi Erno and other top commanders in the War calling them slow to grasp the realities of the War and Overly optimistic in their assess ments until now charges of incompetent leadership have not been made As publicly by an army officer As tingling does in his article tingling said he decided to write the article after attending a series of purple heart and deploy ment ceremonies for army sol Diers find it hard to look them in the Eye he said in an interview our generals Are not worthy of their soldiers he said he had made his superiors aware of the article but had not sought permission to publish it officials 13th Meu due in Iraq this summer by Jeff Schogol stars and stripes Arlington a the 13th Marine expeditionary unit is expected to arrive in Iraq this sum Mer officials said defense Secretary Robert Gates has signed orders for the unit to head to the us Central command theater operations this june for further duty in Iraq officials said the 13th Meu is currently on Guam according to the Marine corps As of Friday morning Guam time the unit had not received or Ders to go to Iraq said 13th Meu spokeswoman 1st it Pamela mar shall in an email to stars and stripes a senior defense official said Friday that the 13th Meu will head to Kuwait As the next Cal Forward Force the unit would replace the 26th Meu which is currently training in Kuwait for two weeks As the Cen com strategic Reserve the official said it is ultimately up to command ers on the ground to decide whether the 13th Meu will go to Iraq to replace the 15th Meu which recently left the Cen com area of operations after serving in Iraq the official said in november the 15th Meu arrived in Kuwait As the Cal for Ward Force and was quickly Dis patched to Anbar province a spokesman for the us com Mander in Iraq declined to com ment Friday on whether the 13th Meu is headed to Iraq anything with the forces com ing in or before they come into Iraq is up to Cen com and the services to discuss col Steven Boylan said in an email to stars and stripes the 13th Meus deployment comes As the us is building up its troop presence in Iraq to Clamp Down on the violence grip Ping the country there Are currently 146000 us troops in Iraq said defense department spokesman it col Mark Ballesteros three of the five surge Bri Gades and two additional Marine battalions Are already on the ground and two More brigades Are expected to arrive by mid june Gen David Petraeus told reporters thursday Petraeus commander of multinational said he will prepare a report in sep tember on How effective the surge has been i have an obligation to some wonderful Young men and women in uniform and a lot of civilians by the Way who Are serv ing in Iraq and who deserve a forthright assessment from the folks at the top about the situation on the ground and that s what in going to provide he said Emai Jeff Schogol acc Pentagon car sales serves us military communities in the following areas Germany Kaiserslautern Kaise Strasse 1 67661 Kaiser Lautem Tel 0631 351 900 Heidelberg Hebe Strasse 3 69115 Heidi beige Tei 06221 14490 Malnaa Wiesbaden  14 Tel 567 800 Auto aus Schaa  4 54634 Pitburg Tel 06561 947 042 Aviano via por Denone 48d 33081 Aviano in Tei 0434 676 la Maddalena Piazza Bambin gesu11 07024 la mad Daeha v Tel 0789 723 026 Naples via bos Carielo 46 81030 a Sicignano i Aversa Tel 081 502 85 56 Simonella Nuva import car spa ss192 Contrada Jun Getto 95121 Catania Tel 095 7491265 Viceria viazamenhof839 Tel 0444 91 09 38 Spain Rota piazadeitriunfo6 11520 Rota Cadiz Tel 956 840 201 often Fri