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Senior al Qaeda leader killed in Iraq -- ministry (Abu Omar al-Baghdadi)
Reuters (excerpt) ^ | Mussab Al-Khairalla and Aseel Kami

Posted on 05/03/2007 2:34:39 AM PDT by HAL9000

Excerpt -

BAGHDAD, May 3 (Reuters) - U.S. and Iraqi forces have killed the head of the self-styled Islamic State in Iraq, an al Qaeda-led militant group that has claimed many major attacks in the country, Iraq's deputy interior minister said on Thursday.

Hussein Kamal said Abu Omar al-Baghdadi had been killed in a battle north of Baghdad. He declined to say when but said authorities had recovered Baghdadi's body.

"Abu Omar al-Baghdadi was killed north of Baghdad by Iraqi and American forces. He died as a result of wounds sustained in clashes. The Interior Ministry has his body to carry out further checks," Kamal told Reuters by telephone.

U.S. military spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Garver declined to comment but said a news conference would be held later on Thursday to announce the "success" of an operation against Sunni Islamist al Qaeda.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abuomaralbaghdadi; albaghdadi; almasri; alqaeda; alqaida; iraq; islam; muhammadsminions; spartansixdelta
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To: Dog

Do they suffer from Baghdad Bob Syndrome?


61 posted on 05/03/2007 6:16:36 AM PDT by sarasota
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To: sarasota

Hell the whole blooming country does...:-)


62 posted on 05/03/2007 6:17:12 AM PDT by Dog (Hey Ahmadinejad... Is that an IED in your pants or were you just glad to see her?)
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To: Eurotwit
"And what was the relationship between the two?"

It's not known, for sure, but it is rumored that their sheep were jealous of each other.

63 posted on 05/03/2007 6:19:17 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (Planting trees to offset carbon emissions is like drinking water to offset rising ocean levels)
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To: Vanbasten

Yep Bill O’Reilly is an idiot who simply does not understand that we are in Iraq fighting Al Qaeda, Iran, and Syria, and we are fighting them there to protect our freedom and our way of life. He keeps blathering about that we have done the Iraqis a favor but the Iraqis are not standing up for themselves as if we are there just for the Iraqis but not first and foremost for our national security as Iraq is now the central front of the war on terror.


64 posted on 05/03/2007 6:25:46 AM PDT by jveritas (Support The Commander in Chief in Times of War)
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To: Dog

Thanks for the link.


65 posted on 05/03/2007 6:30:25 AM PDT by Cap Huff
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To: jveritas

Exactly.

The best part of his show nowadays is the Dennis Miller segment.


66 posted on 05/03/2007 6:46:04 AM PDT by Vanbasten
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To: Dog
From your link:

The 72-hour Operation Rat Trap led to the death of 15 and the capture of 95 insurgents as coalition forces targeted al-Qaeda sites outside the city of Taji, north of Baghdad...

I wish our press would cover this stuff! And what a perfect name for the operation!

67 posted on 05/03/2007 6:50:26 AM PDT by LikeLight (tagline expired - do you wish to renew?)
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To: HAL9000

So, where’s the body ? Where’s the DNA test result ?


68 posted on 05/03/2007 7:22:49 AM PDT by SirLinksalot
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To: HAL9000

Que the Queen music.....bomp bomp bomp....another one bites the dust.....and another one’s gone, and another one’s gone....another one bites the dust.....hey, I’m gonna get to you....another one bites the dust.....sing it!


69 posted on 05/03/2007 7:26:19 AM PDT by OB1kNOb (If you're conservative, then support a conservative candidate like Duncan Hunter for POTUS.)
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To: HisKingdomWillAbolishSinDeath
"Syria must be very unhappy with Nancy not getting us to surrender yet."

True, but she'll probably make up for it with a congressional inquiry into 'another needless death'.

70 posted on 05/03/2007 7:30:50 AM PDT by norton
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To: Dog

This seems to be a weekly announcement now.

But it looks like we may have gotten the “Information Minister”

U.S. military spokesman Major-General William Caldwell said Muharib Abdul Latif al-Jubouri was the “senior minister of information” for al Qaeda in Iraq.

http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2007-05-03T141729Z_01_L03362413_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-IRAQ-QAEDA-COL.XML


71 posted on 05/03/2007 7:34:30 AM PDT by bnelson44 (http://www.appealforcourage.org)
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To: Dog
This might help



IRAQ: CORRECTING INFORMATION IN CAPTION A TV grab taken from Al-Iraqiya shows the body the Iraqi Interior Ministry reported to be that of Abu Omar al-Baghdadi in an undisclosed location, 03 May 2007.
72 posted on 05/03/2007 7:39:13 AM PDT by Reform4Bush
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To: All
YOUR ACTION REQUESTED BY SOME TROOPS IN IRAQ: Please spread the word about an appeal for redress that people in the military can sign to show support for the mission. They are having problems getting the word out:


www.appealforcourage.org

If you haven't seen this yet: A campaign by active-duty troops asking Congress to drop plans for a withdrawal from Iraq. Lt. Jason Nichols, a 33-year-old naval projects officer who has been in Baghdad since mid-January, said the goal is to keep lawmakers focused on letting the military finish its mission in Iraq, and not prematurely declare failure

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7392499685041821301&hl=en

Petitions for civilians:
http://www.townhall.com/ref/surrender
http://www.gopetition.com/online/11574.html

73 posted on 05/03/2007 7:39:31 AM PDT by bnelson44 (http://www.appealforcourage.org)
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To: HAL9000

Sr. al-queda leaders are dropping faster than you can shake a stick. Wonder what Harry Reid has to say about this.


74 posted on 05/03/2007 7:52:14 AM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Elections have consequences.)
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To: HAL9000; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Allegra
Another Islamofascist al Qaeda Serial Killer bites the dusts.

His last words were, "Oh Shite! I'm not smarter than a fifth grader!"

75 posted on 05/03/2007 7:55:53 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (GW has more Honor and Integrity in his little finger than ALL of the losers on the "hate Bush" band)
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To: jveritas

I used to like him, but he’s getting more unwatchable.


76 posted on 05/03/2007 8:34:49 AM PDT by vzevm0ka
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To: Dog

Dog, you’re getting good at this. That’s why I know a lot about what’s going on in Iraq thanks to your tireless detective work on who’s who in Al-Qaeda. I hope the next one they capture will be Zawahiri.


77 posted on 05/03/2007 8:38:31 AM PDT by vzevm0ka
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To: HisKingdomWillAbolishSinDeath
Pelosi is such scum. She now has asked her staff to check on visa to Venezuela and Tehran.

Did any one else take offense Pelosi went to see Pres. Assad and came back to the US with an anti-war bill? I would love a US citizens march on that woman’s office, all of us with white flags.......... to present to her!

78 posted on 05/03/2007 8:52:19 AM PDT by Roadrunner52 (Our Troops ROCK!!! Hugs n Kisses from USA)
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To: HAL9000
Yup... The war is lost.

</sarcasm>

79 posted on 05/03/2007 9:06:29 AM PDT by Redcloak (The 2nd Amendment isn't about sporting goods.)
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To: Dog

I wish that our military (no hope for the MSM on this one) would stop using these dumbasses’ aliases and start using their real names. Calling them Abu this or Abu that is a sign of respect; respect that we shouldn’t be giving to them. (Abu means “father”.)


80 posted on 05/03/2007 9:15:11 AM PDT by Redcloak (The 2nd Amendment isn't about sporting goods.)
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