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Irish Isis fighter kills himself in Iraq suicide bombing
Source: The Guardian
Irish Isis fighter kills himself in Iraq suicide bombing
Khalid Kelly reported to have blown himself up in vehicle
attack near Islamic State stronghold of Mosul
Emma Graham-Harrison
Saturday 5 November 2016 13.55 GMT
An Irish former altar boy has become the latest suicide bomber to blow himself up as part of Islamic State’s furious defence of Mosul, its last major stronghold in Iraq.
Khalid Kelly, born Terrence Edward in south Dublin in 1967, converted to Islam while serving a jail term in Saudi Arabia for illegally brewing homemade alcohol. He was known in Iraq by the nom de guerre Abu Usama al-Irlandi – a reference to his eldest son and homeland.
Pictures of him standing with a rifle, handheld radio and baseball cap in front of a suicide attack vehicle circulated on social media soon after the attack. He was reportedly near the city of Tel Afar, west of Mosul on the route to Syria, where Isis is under attack from Shia militias allied to Baghdad. The Site intelligence group, which tracks militant websites, said Isis had issued a statement (registration) about Kelly’s suicide attack and including a picture of the Irishman.
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Isis has become expert in welding steel plates to “suicide vehicles”, from jeeps to bulldozers, to create improvised armour so they can drive towards enemy positions under fire. Kelly appears to have used one of those vehicles.
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Khalid Kelly reported to have blown himself up in vehicle
attack near Islamic State stronghold of Mosul
Emma Graham-Harrison
Saturday 5 November 2016 13.55 GMT
An Irish former altar boy has become the latest suicide bomber to blow himself up as part of Islamic State’s furious defence of Mosul, its last major stronghold in Iraq.
Khalid Kelly, born Terrence Edward in south Dublin in 1967, converted to Islam while serving a jail term in Saudi Arabia for illegally brewing homemade alcohol. He was known in Iraq by the nom de guerre Abu Usama al-Irlandi – a reference to his eldest son and homeland.
Pictures of him standing with a rifle, handheld radio and baseball cap in front of a suicide attack vehicle circulated on social media soon after the attack. He was reportedly near the city of Tel Afar, west of Mosul on the route to Syria, where Isis is under attack from Shia militias allied to Baghdad. The Site intelligence group, which tracks militant websites, said Isis had issued a statement (registration) about Kelly’s suicide attack and including a picture of the Irishman.
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Isis has become expert in welding steel plates to “suicide vehicles”, from jeeps to bulldozers, to create improvised armour so they can drive towards enemy positions under fire. Kelly appears to have used one of those vehicles.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/05/irish-isis-fighter-kills-himself-in-iraq-suicide-bombing
