[Angelus Errare]

Martyr Khattab would be a reference to Amir ibn al-Khattab, an al-Qaeda leader in Chechnya.

http://www.jihadunspun.com/intheatre_internal.php?article=52051&list=/ho\

The leader of the al-Qaeda fighters in Iraq is Abu Iyad.

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,366217,00.html

He was last seen in the Pankisi Gorge.

[swarthyguy]

Well, I hope the US exercises "restraint" in its response.

We do not wish to exacerbate the cycle of violence.