Home pagePress CenterIn the Media Anthony Cordesman, the CSIS Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, was quoted by the Associated Press, "Insurgent Leader was Not Captured, US Military Says."
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Anthony Cordesman, the CSIS Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, was quoted by the Associated Press, "Insurgent Leader was Not Captured, US Military Says."
The U.S. military said Iraqi authorities mistakenly announced Thursday that the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, had been captured in the northern city of Mosul. American officials said a man who was arrested has a name similar to al-Masri's. [ . . .]
"Iraqi officials are dealing with a developing chain of command that often leaps to conclusions and reports success before it occurs, often under pressure from the media," said Anthony Cordesman, a security analyst for the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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