Posted on 09/10/2007 5:44:03 AM PDT by RDTF
BAGHDAD--A U.S. airstrike killed a man suspected of directing the Aug. 14 truck bombings in northern Iraq that caused the deaths of more than 400 people, the deadliest single attack since the American-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, military officials said Sunday.
The man, Abu Mohammed Afri, was a leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, U.S. officials said, and was responsible for the synchronized bombings that targeted the Yazidi religious sect, a minority that is neither Muslim nor Christian.
The bombings leveled neighborhoods of crude earthen homes and shops, burying victims and overwhelming medical facilities in Nineveh province. Hundreds of others were wounded, and hundreds of homes were destroyed.
Iraqi and U.S. officials said the coordinated detonations of four trucks bore the trademark of Al Qaeda affiliates. Many Muslims view the Yazidis as nonbelievers for following pre-Islamic beliefs that reference Christianity and Islam. Yazidis hold divine an archangel that some Muslims contend is Satan.
Afri was reportedly spotted while driving Sept. 3 in a remote area about 70 miles southwest of Mosul in northern Iraq. He and his driver were killed by fixed-wing aircraft. Afri was identified by "close associates and detainees," according to a U.S. military statement, but officials did not reveal the evidence linking him to the bombings.
"This doesn't bring back the hundreds of innocent Iraqis who were killed in the vicious Nineveh bombings, but the death of Abu Mohammed Afri does bring justice to many families," said Maj. Winfield Danielson, a U.S. military spokesman.
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“He and his driver were killed by fixed-wing aircraft.”
These al Qaeda types need to be chauffiered.
What goes around comes around Afri. Now Satan will chauffer you around hell....have fun.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Payback is a Hillary.
ping
Bye Bye Abu!
Hip Hip Hooray!!!
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