Two senior al Qaeda in Iraq operatives were killed along with 32 foot soldiers during fighting in Arab Jabour, Miqdadiyah, and the Samarra region. Another 34 al Qaeda fighters were reported captured... While the US military did not have information on al Qaeda casualties, General Mustafa al Jabouri, the commander of the Arab Jabour Concerned Local Citizens force, said a senior al Qaeda leader was killed along with 20 other fighters... US and Iraqi forces liberated six villages from al Qaeda control in the region near Miqdadiyah... Ten al Qaeda were reported killed and 20 captured during the operation... Iraqi security forces captured a senior al Qaeda operative in Samarra... Iraqi security forces killed Abu Qataadah al Saudi... Iraqi security forces also captured "the mastermind" of the second bombing that destroyed the twin minarets of Samarra's Al Askaria mosque... Two terrorists wearing suicide vests were killed in an airstrike north of Samarra. A media cell was dismantled in Tikrit, resulting in two captured, while nine al Qaeda suspects were detained during a raid against a senior leader in Mosul.Damn, I wish this Lame Duck President would just admit that his aggression in Iraq has been a failure and a war crime, and all FReepers would quit acting like Bushbots. ;') Thanks Tennessean4Bush for the ping and topic, and atomic conspiracy for your post #9.
Holy Moses, it’s all happening so fast I nearly ran out of breath just READING IT!
Thanks...best ping of the year award from me!