Posted on 08/30/2005 6:14:02 AM PDT by Wiz
BAGHDAD, Aug 30 (KUNA) -- US forces killed an activist of Al-Qaeda in Iraq during an air raid on the city of Al-Karbala near al-Qaem on the Iraqi-Syrian borders, a statement by the Multi-National Forces (MNF) said on Tuesday The statement added that the air raid killed an Al-Qaeda activist in Iraq known as Abu Islam, in addition to a number of his comrades.
According to intelligence information the MNF believed that Abu Islam and his fighters were killed in the raid, the statement added.
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Sucked being him.
MWHAHAHAAHAHAHHA!
And so starts another beautiful day at the range!
Any video? :) If so, any popcorn?
I hope he had a lot of them.
"activist?" This makes it sound like he was just out there with his little placard, picketing the White House. Can the press find any gentler terms to describe these terrorists and terrorist demagogues?
GO USA TROOPS! Well done!!!!
I second that emotion ... activist, militant, insurgent, bomber, etc ... how about "T-E-R-R-O-R-I-S-T"?
Where is Howard Dean?
This guy didn't get a fair trial.
/S
The first thing that comes to mind is "What the hell is an AQ operative doing in Karbala?"
Karbala is a strongly Shiite city and they don't take well to Sunnis or anyone else sticking their nose in where it doesn't belong.
Two possibilities come to mind:
a. The AQ operative was planning a car-bombing near one of the Shiite's holy mosques
b. There's a link between AQ and the Shiites.
Opinions anyone?
This story will make page 47 of the "Lifestyles" section of most big-city newspapers. Those of us in small towns MIGHT get a one-column inch write up from AP a week or two from now, but most of the article will be qualifiers like "alleged", "might have been", etc.
Thank heaven ( and algore, of course ) for the internet.
Rule number 1 about locating "safe" houses: don't locate them in unfriendly neighborhoods.
Of course there is a link between AQ and the Shiites. Iran shelters them, arms them, and allows them to cross their borders freely.
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