Posted on 10/28/2008 8:59:33 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
WASHINGTON — A CIA-led raid on a compound in eastern Syria killed an al Qaida in Iraq commander who oversaw the smuggling into Iraq of foreign fighters whose attacks claimed thousands of Iraqi and American lives, three U.S. officials said Monday.
The body of Badran Turki Hishan al Mazidih, an Iraqi national who used the nom de guerre Abu Ghadiya, was flown out of Syria on a U.S. helicopter at the end of the operation Sunday by CIA paramilitary officers and special forces, one U.S. official said.
"It was a successful operation," a second U.S. official told McClatchy. "The bottom line: This was a significant blow to the foreign fighter pipeline between Syria and Iraq."
A senior U.S. military officer said the raid was launched after human and technical intelligence confirmed that al Mazidih was present at the compound close to Syria's border with Iraq. "The situation finally presented itself," he said.
The three U.S. officials, who all spoke on the condition of anonymity because the operation was classified, declined to reveal other details of the raid. A CIA spokesman declined to comment.
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Any bets they got the computer hard drives!
Any bets they got the computer hard drives!
The anointed one with the blessings of Franks, Pelosi, Reid, and the rest of the rift raft will make shambles of our military. I would expect a lot of the better generals and admirals to take early outs, and few of real value to assume the positions of central commands etc.. The rest will get the brow beat like under the Clintons.
These bastards are still hiding behind burkas and kids.
I would hope so...they definitely got stuff....according to other threads.
Note: this topic is from 10/28/2008. Thanks again, Ernest. A re-ping.
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