A closer look at slain al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Abdullah

The Long War Journal ^ | 12/29/2007 | Bill Roggio

[Tennessean4Bush]

LWJ ping

[Tennessean4Bush]

Ouch

[bray]

More Victories the Establishment Press have to ignore.

Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters

[JerseyDvl]

What a fabulous story. No wonder the drive-by media gives it so little attention.

[Rush4U]

Abdullah and another al Qaeda operative fired on Coalition forces

Toady's lesson for the Jihadi, don't fire upon coalition troops from your POV...could be disasterous.

[VOA]

Ouch

Reminds me of a WWII photo of a barely-still-standing streetcar
on the streets of Hiroshima or Nagasaki that I saw in one book.
It had a nice, pointed caption to the effect that the US military
had facilitated the conveyance of their enemy to "meet their ancestors".

Your posted photo is similar...the US Military facilitated
an enemy's desire to get to the afterlife to his 72 virgins.

[raynearhood]

This cat was #3 on our list for a lo-o-o-ong time. Good hit!

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

What a let down. With that title I was hoping for the autopsy photos.

[Yardstick]

Coalition forces, likely Task Force 88, the hunter-killer teams assigned to track down al Qaeda in Iraq's senior commanders, killed Abdullah

Hunter-killer teams. I love that term. I hope the fact that Abdullah was hunted and killed fills the other AQ leaders with terror.

[bray]

The DNC has lowered their flag to Half Staffed over this great hero for their cause.

Pray for W and Our Troops

[RichInOC]

“Upon further review...Abu Abdullah is still dead.”

[docbnj]

I am waiting for a New York Times editorial blaming us for killing this guy without a trial. The ACLU lawyers are probably working on this case already.

But I say, good job. Abu Abdallah, you are now officially a “good terrorist.”

[aShepard]

That is one fine looking car!

Just what all these scumbags need to drive around in!

[FreeReign]

Coalition forces, likely Task Force 88, the hunter-killer teams assigned to track down al Qaeda in Iraq's senior commanders, killed Abdullah after attempting to capture him in the Samarra region on November 8. Abdullah and another al Qaeda operative fired on Coalition forces, and his car caught fire after Coalition forces returned fire. "Abdullah's car ignited, followed by secondary explosions caused by explosives in the car," said Bacon, indicating explosives were in the car.

High regards to the folks in Task Force 88.

[Unicorn]

Who’s got that pic.they blowed up real good!

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

More Victories the Establishment Press have to ignore.

Call me crazy, but the overwhelming success of Petraeus's surge eventually has to cause the liberal establishment to face the facts (and report them.) Recall that Hillary Clinton, who, like her husband, tries to be on both sides of every issue, has been skewered by the left for her "yes" vote on the war. Obama brings it up every day, as Hillary tries to shy away from her vote, arguing that she was somehow "misinformed" or that if "she knew then what she knows now" (i.e., that Bush would have mismanaged the war so badly) she never would have voted in favor of it.

Flash forward a few months, when the republican candidate starts making political hay out of the huge success in Iraq which has stabilized the region, led to the annihilation of tens of thousands of terrorists, and brought a measure of peace, prosperity and democracy to a nation that had, until very recently, been ruled by a thugocracy which threatened the world and enslaved its own countrymen. If Hillary wishes to disassociate herself with a positive occurrence, it would be the first time a Clinton had ever done so.

The new media paradigm will be that the war was a success, and Hillary was a major backer.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

My Post #17 should have been addressed to you.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Allah akbar!

[MrEdd]