Senior Al-Qaeda Leader Killed in Baghdad

AFP is reporting that a senior al-Qaeda leader was killed in Baghadad.

Iraqi soldiers have killed a senior Al-Qaeda leader in a clash inside one of Baghdad’s historic Sunni quarters, military spokesman Brigadier General Qassim Atta said Monday.

“He was from Al-Qaeda, they called him the ‘Governor of Adhamiyah’,” Atta told AFP. “He was killed during clashes with the 11th Division’s first brigade this morning, and 11 of his aides were arrested.”

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Abdullah’s death is the second reported killing of an Al-Qaeda street captain since last week, when nationalist insurgents in the Sunni suburb of Amiriyah violently turned against Al-Qaeda’s Islamists.

I have yet to see this story reported anywhere else. Also, it is interesting to note that this was carried out by Iraqi soldiers.

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