If they're all so senior, why don't we just put an “early-bird special” on the menu and nab them when they show up?

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces detained 17 suspected insurgents in raids targeting al-Qaida in Iraq on Saturday, the military said, a day after the Pentagon announced the capture of one of the terror network's most senior and experienced operatives.

Turns out this particular senior operative was actually captured months ago (“last fall”) and has been secretly held since then. They only mention him now because they're sending him to Gitmo, a “prison for terror suspects.”

Link: U.S. raids target al-Qaida in Iraq - Yahoo! News