And the funny thing… he was ratted out by a fellow terrorist.

The leader of the al-Qaida-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq was captured Friday in a raid west of Baghdad — his identity revealed by a fellow insurgent detained with him, an Iraqi military spokesman said.

So who is he?

Al-Baghdadi has been identified in statements posted on Islamic extremist Web sites as the head of the Islamic State, which was proclaimed last year after the death of the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

Al-Baghdadi was said to have headed the Mujahedeen Shura Council, an alliance of al-Qaida and other jihadist organizations, which was set up last year to downplay the role of foreigners in the Iraqi insurgency. The name first surfaced after al-Zarqawi’s death, when the Mujahedeen Shura Council posted a condolence message on a militant Web site.

It’s as if Allah had e.s.p.:

True or not, they’re continuing to roll up other Sunni jihadis. This morning we got “the Butcher,” whoever the hell he is, and an Al Qaeda “media emir” a.k.a. courier north of Mosul. It’d be sweet if one of them ratted Baghdadi out.

Sweet, it is.

1. This is certainly good news, but it’s only one of 100 events that we need to finish this war. It’s certainly great for our troops that this guy is in custody, but it’s only a matter of time for him to be replaced.

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