al-Qaida Leader in Iraq Wounded...

[Logan13]

al-Qaida Leader in Iraq Wounded...02/15/07
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070215/D8NAE0C00.html

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The leader of al-Qaida in Iraq was wounded and an aide was killed in a clash Thursday with Iraqi forces north of Baghdad, the Interior Ministry spokesman said.

The clash occurred near Balad, a major U.S. base about 50 miles north of the capital, Brig. Gen. Abdul-Karim Khalaf said.

Khalaf said al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri was wounded and his aide, identified as Abu Abdullah al-Majemaai, was killed.

Khalaf declined to say how Iraqi forces knew al-Masri had been injured, and there was no report on the incident from U.S. authorities.

Deputy Interior Minister Maj. Gen. Hussein Ali Kamal said he had no information about such a clash or that al-Masri had been involved.

Al-Masri took over the leadership of al-Qaida in Iraq after its charismatic leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, was killed in a U.S. airstrike last June in Diyala province northeast of Baghdad.

[singern]

The story wont be of any significance until the terror leader is caught or killed. We can all hope........

[SVTMuscle*]

They caught him, then, he escaped. WTF is that, why didn't they just kill him on the spot!?

[Logan13]

They caught him, then, he escaped. WTF is that, why didn't they just kill him on the spot!?

The international community would lead an attack to vilify the US if we were to do that.

[SVTMuscle*]

The international community would lead an attack to vilify the US if we were to do that.

It still boggles my mind that they can't just 'pretend' he attacked them and "oops" we shot him in the head.

[DecimaMAS]

It's such a bizarre reality the U.S. government has set up for its people. Do you really believe this "cowboys and indians"-style approach to the world? That there are clear-cut good guys and bad guys walking around?

It's ridiculous and nowhere near the truth.