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US air strike kills Al Qaeda kingpin: military
Khaleej Times ^
| 2 November 2006
| AFP
Posted on 11/02/2006 12:03:31 PM PST by mdittmar
BAGHDAD - American forces killed an Al Qaeda chieftain in the lawless western Iraqi city of Ramadi by destroying his car with a laser guided bomb, the US military said on Thursday.
“Rafa Abdul Salam Hamud Al Ithawi, also known as Abu Taha, was the emir of Shamiyyah,” it said. “He frequently harboured foreign fighters who entered Iraq illegally in order to assault innocent Iraqis and coalition forces.”
Ithawi was killed on Wednesday along with his driver, ”diminishing the Al Qaeda in Iraq network,” the statement said.
Ramadi has become the focus of the battle between US forces and Sunni Arab insurgents fighting under the Al Qaeda banner. Last week a US spokesman said marines were fighting to take back the city.
On October 15, Al Qaeda militants held a brief parade in central Ramadi to declare the region an independent emirate, scoring a propaganda victory, but fierce fighting has continued since.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: elvisbinladen; ramadi
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posted on
11/02/2006 12:03:31 PM PST
by
mdittmar
To: mdittmar
Great!!! Hope they get more of them.
2
posted on
11/02/2006 12:05:08 PM PST
by
sam I am
To: mdittmar
Kingpin, Chieftan....Glad to see that the term 'top lieutentant' is finally worn out.
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posted on
11/02/2006 12:05:11 PM PST
by
contemplator
(Capitalism gets no Rock Concerts)
To: mdittmar
4
posted on
11/02/2006 12:05:16 PM PST
by
RichInOC
(SHAITAN: HOW ARE YOU ABU TAHA!! ALL YOUR SOUL ARE BELONG TO US. HA HA HA HA....)
To: mdittmar
Alla fubar! They got 'Kingpin'!
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posted on
11/02/2006 12:06:00 PM PST
by
evets
(Beer and wine.)
To: RichInOC
Someone set up him the bomb.
To: mdittmar
"Taha!"
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posted on
11/02/2006 12:06:29 PM PST
by
Sax
To: Billthedrill
I will be happy when Sadr is dead. Not until. Unless Osama bites it of course.
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posted on
11/02/2006 12:07:45 PM PST
by
MPJackal
("If you are not with us, you are against us.")
To: Sax
Dangit, you beat me to it. ;-)
9
posted on
11/02/2006 12:07:59 PM PST
by
The Blitherer
(We all know the truth now, and it is incontrovertible: Karl Rove is one magnificent bastard! - D. B.)
To: MPJackal
I will be happy when Sadr is dead. Not until. Unless Osama bites it of course. What, you didn't get the secret Republican memo? Carl Rove has Osama locked in a bunker and won't set him loose until November 6th.
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posted on
11/02/2006 12:09:24 PM PST
by
The Blitherer
(We all know the truth now, and it is incontrovertible: Karl Rove is one magnificent bastard! - D. B.)
To: mdittmar
Guess we rained on their parade.
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posted on
11/02/2006 12:09:32 PM PST
by
DejaJude
(Admiral Clark said, "Our mantra today is life, liberty and the pursuit of those who threaten it!")
To: mdittmar
12
posted on
11/02/2006 12:09:51 PM PST
by
jveritas
(Support The Commander in Chief in Times of War)
To: mdittmar
13
posted on
11/02/2006 12:10:38 PM PST
by
TASMANIANRED
(The Internet is the samizdat of liberty..)
To: mdittmar
How could they know how to use sophisticated military equipment? JOhn Kerry told me they were dumb!
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posted on
11/02/2006 12:10:58 PM PST
by
JackDanielsOldNo7
(On guard until the seal is broken)
To: mdittmar
Please, Lord, protect our soldiers...
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posted on
11/02/2006 12:11:26 PM PST
by
Ladysmith
((NRA, SAS) Gun owners have illustrated rights are individual and can be protected by individuals.)
To: MPJackal
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posted on
11/02/2006 12:12:05 PM PST
by
ASA Vet
(Those who know don't talk, those who talk don't know.)
To: mdittmar
Just another example proving: "Seymour Hersh: “There has never been an American army as violent and murderous as the one in Iraq”"
Of course, this message isn't wasted on the al Qaeda Serial Killers, who want America to vote rat next week.
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posted on
11/02/2006 12:12:34 PM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(There's a dwindling market for Marxist Homosexual Lunatic wet dreams posing as journalism)
To: mdittmar
Only one? Oh well...there's always tomorrow.
18
posted on
11/02/2006 12:13:21 PM PST
by
mutley
("I read the Koran, and didn't find anything of value in it.")
To: mdittmar
Hmmm, taking a page from Israel. May there be many more laser guided missiles and bombs with the names of Al Quaida members on them.
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posted on
11/02/2006 12:21:26 PM PST
by
tiki
To: mdittmar
Scratch another number 3 guy.
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posted on
11/02/2006 12:23:00 PM PST
by
Nachoman
(Just because you're a kook doesn't mean there isn't a conspiracy.)
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