Posted on 05/01/2007 1:31:19 AM PDT by Eurotwit
Edited on 05/01/2007 2:12:25 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Thanks for the good news.
Al Masri reportedly killed.
I hope this is true this time...
CNN reporting now. Iraqis reporting that he was killed in an internal battle between militants.
No confimation from U.S. sources yet...
happytime
>> “internal battle”
Did he shame himself to death?
Hi Eurotwit.
Just checked 2 .mil sites and roamed around some other sites of interest.
Nothing about this posted at this time.
This probably has something to do with America's Losing the War In Iraq. Yup.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Reuters:
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, was killed on Tuesday in an internal fight between militants north of Baghdad, the Interior Ministry spokesman said.
Brigadier-General Abdul Kareem Khalaf told Reuters "we have definite intelligence reports that al Masri was killed today".
Another source in the ministry also said Masri had been killed. Khalaf said Iraqi and U.S. forces were not involved.
The U.S. military said it could not confirm the reports.
There has been increasing friction between Sunni Islamist al Qaeda and other Sunni Arab insurgent groups in Iraq, particularly over al Qaeda's indiscriminate killing of civilians.
Masri, an Egyptian, assumed the leadership of al Qaeda in Iraq after Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in a U.S. air strike in June 2006.
Iraqi officials have blamed al Qaeda in Iraq for destroying a holy Shi'ite shrine in Samarra a year ago, an act that unleashed a surge in sectarian bloodletting that has driven Iraq closer to all-out civil war.
The U.S. military has described Masri, also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, as a close Zarqawi associate. Washington has a $5 million bounty on Masri's head.
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL0169719520070501
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Good news, if true.
For once I’m rooting for Rooters to be right!
God Bless our troops.
I wonder if his replacement will be another foreigner or an Iraqi.
Alright!
Hello Cindy,
I hope it is true this time. I posted a thread last year about the reported demise of Al Masri. Then, it ended up being premature.
If correct this time, it is interesting that Coalition forces apparently does not seem to be involved.
Al Qaeda should not have started targeting the tribal leaders. It looks like the tribes were not about to be intimidated.
Anyhow, I am getting way ahead of myself.
I hope that you are fine, and that these reports pan out this time.
Cheers.
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