So reports CNN: Iraqi terror leader reported wounded
The leader of al Qaeda in Iraq has been wounded and his top aide killed in a clash with police, an Iraqi Interior Ministry spokesman told CNN Thursday.The spokesman said Iraqi police encountered an insurgent group on the road between Falluja and Samarra and, in a firefight, wounded Abu Ayyub al-Masri.
Abu Abdullah al-Majamiai, al-Masri’s top aide, was killed, he said.
The spokesman said Iraqi police have the body of al-Majamiai and would not comment on the whereabouts of al-Masri.
The U.S. military had no comment on the report.
First, this is the kind of story that one takes with a grain of salt until it is actually confirmed. Second, how “wounded” is wounded? And third, how do the Iraqi police know this? I am hoping that this culminates in his capture and not just his wounding.
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February 15th, 2007 at 4:35 pm
Iraqi terror leader reported wounded
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February 15th, 2007 at 7:23 pm
Another al Qaeda in Iraq Tale
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February 16th, 2007 at 10:42 am
A PSYOP story
the US military term for propaganda work.”