Number 2 Al Kida Leader Killed In Iraq

[Parche]

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The U.S. military announced Wednesday that coalition forces recently killed al Qaeda in Iraq's "charismatic" senior leader in northern Iraq.


Abu Qaswarah was second only to Abu Ayyub al-Masri (pictured) in al Qaeda in Iraq leadership.

Abu Qaswarah, also known as Abu Sara, was killed during an operation in Mosul on October 5, the military said.

The Moroccan native was second-in-command to al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri, according to the military. He had "historic ties" to al-Masri's predecessor, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and senior al Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the military said.

Abu Qaswarah -- who became AQI's senior leader in northern Iraq in June 2007 -- was the target of the military raid in Mosul earlier this month, the military said.

Coalition forces tracked him down inside a building in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, which "served as a key command and control location for AQI," according to the military.

"Upon entering the building, forces were immediately fired upon," the military said. "Coalition forces returned fire in self-defense, leading to the death of five terrorists. It was later determined that one of the five was positively identified as Abu Qaswarah."

The U.S. military described Abu Qaswarah as a "charismatic" leader who rallied al Qaeda in Iraq's northern network after "major setbacks to the terrorist organization across Iraq."

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http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/15/iraq.alqaeda.leader/index.html

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:rofl: :rofl::rofl::rofl: :rofl:

This would be funny, if it wasnt so tragic
The number 6,784 number 2 killed.............:sarcasm: :sarcasm:
:hi:

[central scrutinizer]

1. They need to trade some of their #2's

for cash, draft picks and a "terrorist to be named later"

[icnorth]

2. Bad dude #1 killed...

0, bad dude #2 killed #6,784? Dammmmmn thanks for the update Parche, kinda lost track after #666, all that rapture talk made me lose concentration. :hi:

[UTUSN]

3. How many #2s does this make? It's the dudes on the monkey bars that scare me!1 n/t