Third Iraq al-Qaeda leader killed

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Source: UK telegraph

US and Iraqi forces have killed a third al-Qaeda leader the day after the deaths of two senior figures in the terrorist organisation were announced.

Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Abu Ayyub al-Masri were killed in a joint operation Sunday in what Vice President Joe Biden called a "potentially devastating blow" to al-Qaeda in Iraq.

The joint forces quickly followed that up with a morning raid the following day in which insurgent leader Ahmed al-Obeidi was killed in the northern province of Ninevah,

Maj Gen Qassim al-Moussawi, an Iraqi military spokesman, said Obeidi was in charge of al-Qaida in Iraq's operations in the provinces of Kirkuk, Salahuddin and Ninevah.

Maj Gen Stephen Lanza, a US military spokesman, said American and Iraqi security forces would be keeping pressure on al-Qaeda. "They're still a threat here, and we will not lose sight of that," he said.

Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/7611699/Third-Iraq-al-Qaeda-leader-killed.html

[dipsydoodle]

1. Blimey

Curly , Mo AND Larry ?

[ShortnFiery]

2. No,

Huey, Dewey, and Louie! Quack! Quack! ... The Ministry of Truth

[dipsydoodle]

4. Ha !

:rofl:

[Oregone]

3. Yay. And if we are still pretending its an Al Qaeda driven insurgency, then its a "devastating blow"