Waffletush
02-15-2007, 11:45 PM
BAGHDAD, Iraq — The leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq was wounded and an aide was killed in a clash Thursday with Iraqi forces north of Baghdad, the Interior Ministry spokesman said.
The clash occurred near Balad, a major U.S. base about 50 miles north of the capital, Brig. Gen Abdul-Karim Khalaf said.
Khalaf said Al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri was wounded and his aide, identified as Abu Abdullah al-Majemaai, was killed.
Khalaf declined to say how Iraqi forces knew al-Masri had been injured, and there was no report on the incident from U.S. authorities.
Deputy Interior Minister Maj. Gen. Hussein Ali Kamal said he had no information about such a clash or that al-Masri had been involved.
Al-Masri took over the leadership of al-Qaida in Iraq after its charismatic leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in a U.S. airstrike last June in Diyala province northeast of Baghdad.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,252263,00.html
Only wounded? With the THOUSANDS of US troops in Iraq, why couldn't we capture and interrogate him for vital information? How could Bush know where this guy was and just let him go? Why was he just not asked to surrender peacefully?
Just another failure of a knee-jerk reactionary administration stuck in a failed quagmire.
Oh well, he is just another #2 leader of AQ. I mean, how many #2's can there possibly be? Wake me when we catch the 'real' #1.
The clash occurred near Balad, a major U.S. base about 50 miles north of the capital, Brig. Gen Abdul-Karim Khalaf said.
Khalaf said Al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri was wounded and his aide, identified as Abu Abdullah al-Majemaai, was killed.
Khalaf declined to say how Iraqi forces knew al-Masri had been injured, and there was no report on the incident from U.S. authorities.
Deputy Interior Minister Maj. Gen. Hussein Ali Kamal said he had no information about such a clash or that al-Masri had been involved.
Al-Masri took over the leadership of al-Qaida in Iraq after its charismatic leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in a U.S. airstrike last June in Diyala province northeast of Baghdad.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,252263,00.html
Only wounded? With the THOUSANDS of US troops in Iraq, why couldn't we capture and interrogate him for vital information? How could Bush know where this guy was and just let him go? Why was he just not asked to surrender peacefully?
Just another failure of a knee-jerk reactionary administration stuck in a failed quagmire.
Oh well, he is just another #2 leader of AQ. I mean, how many #2's can there possibly be? Wake me when we catch the 'real' #1.