[telebob]

"A police patrol came under fire from two civilian cars carrying al-Qaeda members," said Colonel Salan al Gi'ud, a senior police official in Anbar province. Police returned fire, and killed al Karbuli and two aides.

Sounds like 'suicide by cop'. They must have seen the writing on the wall and decided to get their virgins now before all the good ones were gone.

[misterrob]

I was going to say something similar. Why do you put high value targets for us into play? If he’s captured then that just rots their ability to be effective.