Posted on 06/25/2005 7:25:16 AM PDT by jmc1969
Amman - A senior member of Iraq's al-Qaeda branch was killed recently in a U.S. crackdown on insurgents in the Iraqi town of Qaim near the Syrian border, a Jordanian newspaper reported Saturday.
Khalid Suleiman Darwish, better known as Abu Alghadiya, was among those killed in the operation, the daily Alghad quoted "well- informed sources" as saying.
Abu Alghadiya, a Syrian dentist married to a Jordanian woman, was described by Arab media as the "number two" in Iraq's al-Qaeda network and tipped to succeed its leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
Abu Alghadiya and al-Zarqawi are being tried in absentia by Jordan's State Security Court for planning to launch a chemical attack on targets in Jordan, including the U.S. embassy.
According to the Jordanian paper, Abu Alghadiya and al-Zarqawi were among the founders of the "Syria Warriors" group in Afghanistan in late 1999.
They later moved to Iraq, where they founded the "Monotheism and Jihad" faction before declaring allegiance to Osama bin Laden and joining al-Qaeda terrorist network, the report said.
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Is it just me, or does this guy have more aides than the Senate Judiciary Committee?
He has more aides than a US senator.
Ok, is this a senior aide, lieutent or consultant?
Its the medias fault for naming just about everyone caught in his network an aid.
More aides than John Holmes.
He's got one less now.
Worst...Boss...Ever
fyi
Is it just me, or does this guy have more aides than the Senate Judiciary Committee?
This guy's aides ARE the Senate Judiciary.
Touche!
I was thinking more aides that Africa, but I like yours, too... :o)
An aide gets killed, another gets promoted to fill the vacency, and then HE gets killed too. And on it goes
Kill'em all!!!!
This guy clearly has been a long time friend of Zarqawi and has been with him since the beginning in Afghanistan so it is really good news.
ping
Aides is just the press way of saying he is a member of the organization. Being #2 in a group like this is a big deal.
Was this the #3 guy too?
The ultimate dead end job.
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