Posted on 09/22/2004 6:30:28 AM PDT by B4Ranch
Militant Group's Spiritual Leader Killed in Iraq Wednesday, September 22, 2004 AMMAN, Jordan — The spiritual leader of a militant group that claimed to have beheaded two American hostages in Iraq has been killed in a U.S. airstrike, and his Jordanian family is preparing a wake, a newspaper and Islamic clerics said Wednesday.
Sheik Abu Anas al-Shami, 35, was killed when a missile hit the car he was traveling in on Friday in the west Baghdad suburb of Abu-Ghraib, said the clerics, who have close ties to the family. They spoke on condition of anonymity.
Al-Shami was a close aide to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of the militant group Tawhid and Jihad. The Al Qaeda-linked group is blamed for some of the biggest attacks in Iraq, including the bombing of the U.N. headquarters last year, and the beheadings of foreign hostages — including two Americans this week.
Al-Zarqawi is believed to have personally decapitated the American hostage Eugene Armstrong on Monday.
Al-Shami, a Jordanian of Palestinian descent who was also known as Omar Yousef Jumah, was believed to be the voice on several audio tapes that Tawhid and Jihad released via the Internet. In one such tape in August, a speaker identified as al-Shami said the militants planned to kill Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi (search), soldiers and police officers.
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I'll hate myself for being mean spirited but here goes.
Sarcasm tags on
Let's have a moment of silence.
When I read that Al Zaqarwi is dead, I'm going to go out and buy a bottle of American Whiskey, and a quality Cigar
and Celebrate!
Cat Stevens will be appearing at the funeral, singing his new Islamic hit, "I'm being followed by a cruise missile".
His entire family tree needs to be obliterated so not even a weed sprout is left. Get everyone who might, while in a drunken stupor, think they have cause for revenge.
LMAO!
According to the coroner, he has now lost most of his flexibility.....
yeah...I would guess he was down right rigid by now !!
I have 28 High School kids in my computer lab wondering their teacher just spit diet coke on his monitor
LOL
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