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I like that show
The Last 4 share structures are updated in the IBOX
stocks4john my pick is Baltimore
thanks
I agree spencer, the way they manufactured PR's before the R/S , and than since nothing, its tough and now since EGVI was halted more silence
I believe it is because Bill Gates is posting on the MSFT board
Do you know this poster
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/profile.asp?user=81395
I removed 2 post today for vulgarity, please keep it clean, if you have an issue about the deleted posts, please take it up with Matt.
TOS for personal and threatening attack
Payday Lenders Sabotage Military in CA
PR Newswire
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Predatory payday lenders will continue to gouge soldiers, sailors and aviators in California with more than 400 percent interest on loans thanks to the payday-lending industry's intense lobbying of state legislators.
High-ranking Navy and Marine officers, consumer groups and their allies in the legislature tried to ban this sort of predatory lending, but it looks like they will fall short as the legislative session ends this week.
"We may have missed a chance to keep our service people out of the clutches of predators," said Paul Leonard, director of the California office of the Center for Responsible Lending, a nonprofit that goes after predatory lenders.
"Our legislators could give them some financial body armor, but it doesn't look like that will happen."
Payday lenders make borrowers sign a postdated check for, say, $300 to borrow $255 for two weeks. When borrowers can't repay the principal, they roll the loan over for another two weeks -- and another $45. In California, the average payday borrower winds up paying $660 on a $255 loan.
These predators cluster around the nation's military bases seeking to hook young, cash-strapped, financially inexperienced soldiers and sailors on this expensive kind of debt. Military people are three or four times more likely to be victims of payday lenders, the Pentagon says. And as the industry grows fat on loans to soldiers and sailors, the problem gets worse.
"We're hearing more and more stories from sailors who get themselves in a cycle of debt," says Navy Capt. Mark Patton, who testified for the military at a hearing of the Senate Banking, Finance and Insurance Committee.
Fed up with these predations, the Pentagon issued a report earlier this month saying these predators bankrupt and ruin young soldiers. And that wasn't all. Payday lenders are hurting the military's ability to defend the country.
"Predatory lending," the report said, "undermines military readiness, harms the morale of troops and their families, and adds to the cost of fielding an all volunteer fighting force."
It called for a 36-percent ceiling on interest on payday loans to members of the military -- the same cap many states impose in their usury laws to ban loan sharks.
Assemblyman Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) then added the 36-percent cap to a bill he introduced that had already passed the lower house of the legislature.
The bill was about to go to the floor of the Senate for a vote when the banking committee called it back. At this point the committee had a chance to help the people who protect this country. Instead they went AWOL: They stripped the 36-percent interest-rate cap.
The military, hoping to get at least some protection for service members, is supporting the watered-down bill, but still wants the 36-percent cap.
It may get that, instead, from Congress. U.S. Senators Jim Talent, a Missouri Republican, and Bill Nelson, a Florida Democrat, got the 36-percent cap passed in an amendment to a defense bill. While the payday lobbyists stalk Capitol Hill, the amendment awaits its fate in a House-Senate conference committee.
"We're hoping Congress will stand up to the payday industry if California legislators will not," said the Center for Responsible Lending's Paul Leonard. "Our service people deserve far better than financial ruin --or trying to survive in a war zone while they're fretting about how they'll pay next month's bills."
For more information: Michael Flagg, (202) 349-1862 or mike.flagg@responsiblelending.org; or Sharon Reuss, (919) 313-8527,
sharon.reuss@responsiblelending.org.
About the Center for Responsible Lending
The Center for Responsible Lending (http://www.responsiblelending.org) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research and policy organization dedicated to protecting homeownership and family wealth by working to eliminate abusive financial practices. CRL is affiliated with Self-Help (http://www.self-help.org), one of the nation's largest community development financial institutions
Matt you really need to look at the CSHD board things are getting out of hand
that's right Rager, I had one posted on CSHD and it wasn't removed either.
nice roach
This is a great site for stooges fans
http://www.stoogeworld.com/_Biographies/Bios.htm
Curlys head stone
http://www.rickyjohn.com/year2002/curly.htm
Matt in a members profile wasn't there a search for a specific post say I wanted to go to there first post, I thought it used to be one
I recently bought 120 episodes of the 3 stooges on ebay mostly with Curly, definitely one of the best slap stick comics of all times, and he lived such a short time, but I'll do that poll, lets have some fun and some names.
there are now 126 board marks interest continues to grow
This company is making a device that will enable most vehicles to run on ethanol
Flextek Presented to Members of U.S. Congress
XcelPlus International Inc. (PINKSHEETS: XLPI) is pleased to announce that it will be conducting a Flextek demonstration to U.S. and state congressmen in Washington, DC in early September 2006. The demonstration is expected to include the installation of a Flextek unit on the personal vehicle of at least one U.S. congressman.
According to XcelPlus President Mr. Bill R. Smith, "We are very excited about the national attention our products are getting. This high profile exposure will help us get out the word that it is no longer necessary to depend on the mid eastern oil supply."
The Flextek is a retrofit device that enables most modern vehicles to operate on E85 ethanol fuel as well as gasoline. XcelPlus International's strategic trading partner, XcelPlus Global Holdings Inc. (PINKSHEETS: XPGH) is currently planning to bring inexpensive cellulosic ethanol production to key U.S. locations. The company's business plan includes bringing inexpensive cellulosic ethanol to key urban areas to drive Flextek sales while the ability to burn ethanol fuels in any modern vehicle will ensure a large ethanol market.
About XcelPlus International:
XcelPlus International Inc. produces and markets cutting edge alternative fuel products which enable the growth of the ethanol market, while providing consumers with a viable means of using newly developed clean energy technologies.
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Except for historical information, the forward-looking matters discussed in this news release are subject to certain risks and uncertainties which could cause the Company's actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those anticipated by the forward-looking statements including, but not limited to, the Company's liquidity and the ability to obtain financing, the timing of regulatory approvals, uncertainties related to corporate partners or third-parties, product liability, the dependence on third parties for manufacturing and marketing, patent risk, copyright risk, competition, and the early stage of products being marketed or under development, as well as other risks indicated from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company assumes no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue because of subsequent events.
Source: Market Wire (August 29, 2006 - 9:20 AM EST)
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Irwin's dad: 'I lost my best mate'
POSTED: 9:39 a.m. EDT, September 6, 2006
BRISBANE, Australia (CNN) -- "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin's father said the family would refuse the offer of a state funeral for the popular TV naturalist, because his son was an "ordinary bloke."
Irwin died Monday when he was struck by a stingray on Batt Reef in the Great Barrier Reef off Port Douglas. He was 44.
Queensland Premier Peter Beattie has said a state funeral would be held if the family desired one.
"The state funeral would be refused ... because he's an ordinary guy, he's just an ordinary bloke," Bob Irwin said at a news conference Wednesday outside the Australia Zoo in Beerwah, Queensland, where his son was the director. "He wants to be remembered as an ordinary bloke."
Bob Irwin told reporters his son and he were extremely close.
"Steve and I weren't like father and son, we never were," Irwin said.
"We were good mates. I'll remember Steve as my best mate ever," he said.
Meanwhile, colleagues of Irwin said they wanted video footage destroyed of the star showing him pulling a deadly stingray barb from his chest just before he died on Monday.
The host of Animal Planet's "Crocodile Hunter" was filming scenes for a show intended for children when he was attacked.
Irwin's manager and close friend John Stainton told CNN's Larry King he would not want the tape released. "It should be destroyed," he said Tuesday.
The tape is in police custody, according to Stainton.
Stainton told CNN he believed Irwin was dead by the time he was brought from the water, despite efforts by those on his boat to keep him alive while racing to an island to meet a medical helicopter.
"In my heart, I figure -- I think he was dead when he was in the rubber ducky," Stainton told King. "I don't think he was alive." (Watch excerpts from the show -- 4:46)
A rubber ducky is a small inflatable boat, which was used to transport Irwin back to his research vessel, CrocOne. Efforts to resuscitate Irwin proved futile.
Stingray discussions
Irwin, the Australian naturalist and wildlife crusader who won fame for his TV show "The Crocodile Hunter," had been working on a documentary -- ironically, on the ocean's deadliest animals when the accident occurred.
Bad weather had made it impossible to proceed with a planned taping for the Animal Planet channel, so Irwin chose Monday to shoot "a couple of soft stories for a new TV show we're doing," Stainton told CNN when the news broke.
"He and the underwater cameraman went out to do some pieces on the reef and coral and stuff good for the kids' show and, unfortunately, he came out over the top of a stingray that was buried in the sand and the barb went up and hit him in the chest," Stainton said Monday.
"He was as good on the water as he was on land," Stainton recalled Tuesday. "He was comfortable anywhere there was wildlife. He'd been diving 10, 15 years ... I never thought he'd take a hit from a stingray. He was very used to them."
Only the day before, he, Irwin and a doctor on board had discussed stingrays and the effects of their barbs, Stainton said. Stingrays, however, were not to be included in the "dangerous animals" documentary. (Watch how a stingray strikes -- 2:35 )
Stainton said he had to watch the tape in order to verify what was on it. "It was a hard experience," he said.
Irwin's body was brought from Cairns to his hometown of Beerwah in southeast Queensland on Tuesday. Stainton said he accompanied it on the six-hour flight. A date has not been set for the funeral, he said.
Irwin, who was director of the family's Australia Zoo in Queensland, is survived by his American-born wife, Terri, and their two children, Bindi Sue, 8, and Robert, 3. Asked how Terri Irwin was doing, Stainton said, "A lot worse than me."
When family members saw Irwin's casket, he said, "It was like a full stop ... you think it's a dream and it's not happening, but it is, and it has and it's done."
Out of respect for Irwin's family, Australia's quarantine service is withdrawing all TV advertising that features Irwin promoting the importance of Australian quarantine measures.
but the sec halted HQNT, I guess he wasn't that far off
http://www.sec.gov/litigation/suspensions/2006/34-54369.pdf
and this isn't a personal attack, your very selective in you thinking
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=13096971
Irwin pulled barb from chest before death By Michael Perry
Tue Sep 5, 1:02 AM ET
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Fatally injured by a stingray, Australian "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin pulled its serrated barb out of his chest before losing consciousness and dying, the world-famous naturalist's manager said on Tuesday.
Video footage of the attack shows Irwin swimming above the stingray on the Great Barrier Reef on Monday when it lashed out and speared him in the heart with its barbed tail, manager John Stainton told reporters.
"It shows that Steve came over the top of the ray and the tail came up, and spiked him here (in the chest)," Stainton said after watching the footage.
"He pulled it out and the next minute he's gone. The cameraman had to shut down," he said.
"It's a very hard thing to watch because you're actually witnessing somebody die ... it's terrible."
Irwin, 44, the quirky naturalist who won worldwide acclaim as TV's khaki-clad "Crocodile Hunter," was filming a new documentary off Australia's northeastern coast when he was attacked.
Marine experts say stingrays can deliver horrific, agonizing injuries from the toxin-laden barbs, which can measure up to 20 cm (8 in) in length and cause injuries like a knife or bayonet.
"The strongly serrated barb is capable of tearing and rendering flesh," said Dr Bryan Fry, deputy director of the Australian Venom Research Unit.
"It's not the going in that causes the damage, it's the coming out where those deep serrations kind of pull on the flesh, and you end up with a very jagged tear which is quite a pronounced injury," Fry said.
News of Irwin's death shocked Australians and Irwin's millions of fans around the world. Prime Minister John Howard interrupted parliament on Tuesday to pay tribute.
"He was a genuine, one-off, remarkable Australian individual and I am distressed at his death," Howard told parliament.
"We mourn his loss, we're devastated by the tragic circumstances in which he has been taken from us and we send our love and prayers to his grieving family," he said.
"CRIKEY"
Environmental documentary maker Ben Cropp said video of the attack showed Irwin swimming alongside a bull stingray, probably weighing around 100 kg (220 lb). His cameraman was filming in front of the ray, which became frightened and lashed out.
Stingrays are usually placid and only attack in self-defense.
Stainton said the cameraman only became aware of the attack when he noticed Irwin bleeding.
Millions had seen Irwin flirt with death many times as he stalked and played with crocodiles, sharks, snakes and spiders. Stainton said he was struggling to come to terms with the fact that a stingray had killed his friend.
"There's been a million occasions where both of us held our breath and thought we were lucky to get out of that one," Stainton said. "But he just seemed to have a charmed life."
Police said they had examined the footage and would prepare a report for the coroner appointed to determine the cause of death.
Film star Russell Crowe called Irwin the "ultimate wildlife warrior," adding: "He was the Australian we all aspire to be. He touched my heart. I believed in him. I'll miss him."
Known for his catchphrase "Crikey" during close encounters with animals, Irwin made almost 50 documentaries which appeared on the cable TV channel Animal Planet.
U.S.-based television company Discovery Communications, which produces Animal Planet, said it would set up a conservation fund in honor of Irwin, dubbed in one tribute a "modern-day Noah," and planned a marathon showing of his programs.
Discovery said the footage of Irwin's fatal dive might never be broadcast.
Australian newspapers paid tribute to Irwin on Tuesday, while fans including American tourists laid wreaths outside his Australia Zoo in tropical Queensland state.
"We thought he was Superman, that he was indestructible," said an editorial in Sydney's The Daily Telegraph.
"We were wrong"
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yes they do just put in CSHD
Potential storm Florence brewing in Atlantic
POSTED: 12:00 p.m. EDT, September 4, 2006
MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- A tropical depression brewing over the open Atlantic was nearing tropical storm strength Monday morning, forecasters said.
At 11 a.m. ET, the depression had sustained winds near 35 mph, 4 mph shy of becoming a tropical storm and the sixth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season.
Forecasters said it could become a tropical storm later Monday or Tuesday. If it makes it, it will become Tropical Storm Florence.
It was centered about 1,235 miles east of the Lesser Antilles and moving northwest at near 12 mph, a path forecasters said they expected to continue for the next day, according to the National Hurricane Center.
It comes on the heels of Tropical Storm Ernesto, which was briefly the season's first Atlantic hurricane.
Ernesto hit the U.S. mainland at tropical storm strength, first moving over Florida, then swinging out to sea before hitting the Carolinas just short of hurricane strength.
The storm and its remnants tore down tree limbs and power lines and flooded low-lying areas and roads along the East Coast.
It was blamed for at least eight deaths, most of them in Virginia.
A woman died of carbon monoxide poisoning from a portable generator, bringing Virginia's death toll from the remnants of Tropical Storm Ernesto to six, officials said.
The woman hooked up the generator in her Newport News garage after losing electrical power during the storm, state Department of Emergency Management spokesman Marc LaFountain said. He said an open garage window did not provide adequate ventilation.
"This, sadly, is something we often see after tropical storms," LaFountain said. "These generators generate enormous amounts of carbon monoxide, and it's important they be run outside."
Three people died in unrelated car crashes attributed to the storm, and a Gloucester couple were killed after a massive tree crushed their modular home.
Another death was reported in North Carolina, and in Pennsylvania, a man drowned in a rain-swollen retention basin while trying to rescue his dog.
Nearly 99,000 customers remained without power Sunday in Virginia, New York and New Jersey. (Watch damage done by Ernesto -- 1:14)
In North Carolina, volunteer evacuations continued Sunday along the Northeast Cape Fear River in Duplin County, some two days after Ernesto dumped 8 to 12 inches of rain on eastern parts of the state.
In the West, the remnants of Hurricane John drenched the Baja California peninsula Monday and threatened heavy rains and flooding in parts of the U.S. Southwest. (Full story)
Last year's Atlantic storm season set a record with 28 named storms and 15 hurricanes, including Katrina, which devastated the Louisiana and Mississippi coasts.
So far, the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season hasn't been as rough as many forecasters initially feared. Forecaster William Gray downgraded his expectations for the season on Friday to five hurricanes, a slightly below-average season. The National Hurricane Center lowered its Atlantic storms forecast in August to between seven and nine hurricanes.
I like that one, nice thanks
Thanks for that post jmont, very informative and never new the history behind it.
nice find
Crocodile Hunter’ Steve Irwin dies
Environmentalist, 44, killed by stingray on diving expedition
Updated: 2 hours, 28 minutes ago
CAIRNS, Australia - Steve Irwin, the hugely popular Australian television personality and environmentalist known as the “Crocodile Hunter,” was killed Monday by a stingray while filming an underwater documentary on the Great Barrier Reef. He was 44.
Irwin was killed by a stingray barb to the heart on Batt Reef, off the remote resort town of Port Douglas in northeastern Queensland state, his wildlife park Australia Zoo said in a statement.
Crew members aboard Irwin’s boat, Croc One, called emergency services in the nearest city, Cairns, and administered CPR as they rushed the boat to nearby Low Isle to meet a rescue helicopter. Medical staff pronounced Irwin dead a short time later, the statement said.
Crocodile Hunter’ Steve Irwin dies
Environmentalist, 44, killed by stingray on diving expedition
Updated: 2 hours, 28 minutes ago
CAIRNS, Australia - Steve Irwin, the hugely popular Australian television personality and environmentalist known as the “Crocodile Hunter,” was killed Monday by a stingray while filming an underwater documentary on the Great Barrier Reef. He was 44.
Irwin was killed by a stingray barb to the heart on Batt Reef, off the remote resort town of Port Douglas in northeastern Queensland state, his wildlife park Australia Zoo said in a statement.
Crew members aboard Irwin’s boat, Croc One, called emergency services in the nearest city, Cairns, and administered CPR as they rushed the boat to nearby Low Isle to meet a rescue helicopter. Medical staff pronounced Irwin dead a short time later, the statement said.
Crocodile Hunter" Irwin dies By Paul Tait
45 minutes ago
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Steve Irwin, the quirky Australian naturalist who won worldwide acclaim, was killed by a stingray barb through the chest on Monday while diving off Australia's northeast coast, emergency officials and witnesses said.
"Steve was hit by a stingray in the chest," said local diving operator Steve Edmondson, whose Poseidon boats were out on the Great Barrier Reef when the accident occurred.
"He probably died from a cardiac arrest from the injury," he said.
Police and ambulance officials later confirmed Irwin had died and said his family had been advised.
Irwin, 44, was killed while filming an underwater documentary off Port Douglas.
Irwin had been diving off his boat "Croc One" near Batt Reef northeast of Port Douglas. A helicopter had taken paramedics to nearby Low Isles where Irwin was taken for medical treatment but he was dead before they arrived, police said.
Irwin won a global following for his dare-devil antics but also triggered outrage in 2004 by holding his then one-month-old baby while feeding a snapping crocodile at his Australian zoo.
He made almost 50 of his "Crocodile Hunter" documentaries which appeared on cable TV channel Animal Planet and won a worldwide audience.
The series ended after he was criticized for the incident with his young son and for disturbing whales, seals and penguins while filming in Antarctica.
Khaki-clad Irwin became famous for his seemingly death-defying methods with wild animals, including crocodiles and snakes.
He made a cameo appearance alongside Eddie Murphy in the 2001 Hollywood film Dr Dolittle 2 and appeared on U.S. television shows such as "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" and on children's television alongside The Wiggles.
Irwin was married with two children, Bindi Sue and Bob Clarence. His American-born wife Terri was his business partner and frequent on-screen collaborator.
Crocodile Hunter’ Steve Irwin dies
Environmentalist, 44, killed by stingray on diving expedition
Updated: 2 hours, 28 minutes ago
CAIRNS, Australia - Steve Irwin, the hugely popular Australian television personality and environmentalist known as the “Crocodile Hunter,” was killed Monday by a stingray while filming an underwater documentary on the Great Barrier Reef. He was 44.
Irwin was killed by a stingray barb to the heart on Batt Reef, off the remote resort town of Port Douglas in northeastern Queensland state, his wildlife park Australia Zoo said in a statement.
Crew members aboard Irwin’s boat, Croc One, called emergency services in the nearest city, Cairns, and administered CPR as they rushed the boat to nearby Low Isle to meet a rescue helicopter. Medical staff pronounced Irwin dead a short time later, the statement said.
Crocodile Hunter" Irwin dies By Paul Tait
45 minutes ago
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Steve Irwin, the quirky Australian naturalist who won worldwide acclaim, was killed by a stingray barb through the chest on Monday while diving off Australia's northeast coast, emergency officials and witnesses said.
"Steve was hit by a stingray in the chest," said local diving operator Steve Edmondson, whose Poseidon boats were out on the Great Barrier Reef when the accident occurred.
"He probably died from a cardiac arrest from the injury," he said.
Police and ambulance officials later confirmed Irwin had died and said his family had been advised.
Irwin, 44, was killed while filming an underwater documentary off Port Douglas.
Irwin had been diving off his boat "Croc One" near Batt Reef northeast of Port Douglas. A helicopter had taken paramedics to nearby Low Isles where Irwin was taken for medical treatment but he was dead before they arrived, police said.
Irwin won a global following for his dare-devil antics but also triggered outrage in 2004 by holding his then one-month-old baby while feeding a snapping crocodile at his Australian zoo.
He made almost 50 of his "Crocodile Hunter" documentaries which appeared on cable TV channel Animal Planet and won a worldwide audience.
The series ended after he was criticized for the incident with his young son and for disturbing whales, seals and penguins while filming in Antarctica.
Khaki-clad Irwin became famous for his seemingly death-defying methods with wild animals, including crocodiles and snakes.
He made a cameo appearance alongside Eddie Murphy in the 2001 Hollywood film Dr Dolittle 2 and appeared on U.S. television shows such as "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" and on children's television alongside The Wiggles.
Irwin was married with two children, Bindi Sue and Bob Clarence. His American-born wife Terri was his business partner and frequent on-screen collaborator.
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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Litigation Release No. 19819 / September 1, 2006
SEC v. Robert B. Kessler et al., Civil Action No. 99 CV 4807 (E.D.N.Y.)
In the Matter of Robert B. Kessler, Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Release No. 48139 / July 8, 2003
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that on June 3, 2003 it filed a settled civil action in federal district court against Robert B. Kessler, for violations of the antifraud provisions of the securities laws and Rule 101 of Regulation M.
The Commission filed its complaint in the Eastern District of New York on August 18, 1999 against Vincent Napolitano, Irving Stitsky, Jordan Shamah, StockPlayer.com, Inc. and Kessler, among others, concerning a scheme to manipulate the prices of certain microcap issuers. To implement the scheme, Shamah, Napolitano and Stitsky acquired large blocks of cheap stock, usually in private placements or through "consulting fees." They then created market demand by arranging to have the issuer profiled on internet newsletters operated by Napolitano or Stitsky. The group sold the stock they had already acquired at the inflated prices created by the internet promotion. The sales were affected and the price maintained within a desired trading range by Kessler, who was a registered representative at a registered broker-dealer that he owned.
Kessler, without admitting or denying the allegations in the complaint, consented to the entry of a final judgment: (1) permanently enjoining him from violating Section 17(a) of the Securities Act and Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 thereunder and Rule 101 of Regulation M; (2) dismissing the claim for disgorgement in the civil action; and (3) not imposing a civil penalty based on Kessler's Sworn Statement of Financial Condition and other documentation.
In a related settled administrative proceeding, Kessler consented, without admitting or denying the Commission's findings, to entry of a Commission order pursuant to Exchange Act Section 15(b), permanently barring him from participating in any offering of a penny stock, or from associating with a broker or dealer. The Commission's Order was issued upon entry of the permanent injunction by the federal district court.
http://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2006/lr19819.htm
Iraq says captures No. 2 al Qaeda leader By Ibon Villelabeitia
1 hour, 28 minutes ago
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. and Iraqi forces have arrested the second most senior figure in al Qaeda in Iraq, National Security Adviser Mowaffak al-Rubaie said on Sunday.
"I can say al Qaeda in Iraq is severely wounded," he told a news conference.
He named the man as Hamed Juma Faris al-Suaidi, also known as Abu Humam or Abu Rana, and said he was the deputy to Abu Ayyub al-Masri, who took over the insurgent group after Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in a U.S. air strike in June.
The U.S. military says Sunni Islamist al Qaeda is a "prime instigator" of sectarian conflict between Iraq's Sunni minority and Shi'ite majority that threatens all-out civil war, but that it has been left reeling by U.S. and Iraqi operations that have killed or captured scores of its militants in recent weeks.
But despite the U.S. and Iraqi military successes, violence continues to tear Iraq apart.
A 63-page Pentagon report said on Friday attacks rose by 24 percent in the past three months. Iraqi casualties soared by 51 percent and the violence was extending north beyond Baghdad.
The announcement of the arrest came as talks between the United States and Iraq over the transfer of operational command of Iraq's armed forces remained deadlocked, with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki demanding more independence from the U.S. military.
A day after the dispute forced an embarrassing delay of a signing ceremony in Baghdad, an Iraqi Defense Ministry source said disagreements remained over the wording of a document that outlines the new relationship between U.S.-led occupying forces and Iraq's military.
"There are some disputes between the two parties. We have our own point of view and they have theirs. We want thorough control and want the freedom to make decisions independently," the source told Reuters on condition of anonymity.
HIDING
Rubaie said al Qaeda leader Suaidi was captured a few days ago but did not say where in Iraq he was found.
"He was hiding in a building used by families. He wanted to use children and women as human shields as our forces attempted to capture him," he told a news conference.
U.S. military spokesman Major General William Caldwell said this week that U.S. and Iraqi security forces were enjoying success in "the systematic disruption and disorganization of the al Qaeda in Iraq network."
He said operations in August against the group, blamed for some of the deadliest suicide bombings in Iraq, had involved more than 140 assaults in which at least 17 suspects were killed and more than 300 detained.
Exposing an increasingly bitter rift between Arabs and Kurds, Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki issued a stern rebuke to ethnic Kurds on Sunday over a ban on flying the national flag over Kurdish government buildings.
Reacting to the ban on flying the Iraqi tricolor, Maliki's office issued a statement that not only defended the national flag but implied that the Kurds' own banner was illegitimate.
"The Iraqi flag is the only flag that should be raised over any square inch of Iraq," read the brief message, which did not refer directly to the controversy.
(Additional reporting by Ross Colvin, Alastair Macdonald, and Mussab Al-Khairalla)
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TIA
I am willing to bet, he is watching this board like a hawk.