BREAKING NEWS: Prime Minister: Leader of al Qaeda in Iraq killed - Polidicks

[URL="http://news.blogs.cnn.com/"]:siren:[IMG]http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/3.0/sect/blogs/this.just.in/this.just.in.jpg[/IMG][/URL]:siren: [release] The leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq and leader of the Islamic State of Iraq, an umbrella group that includes al Qaeda in Iraq, have been killed in a security operation in Iraq's Anbar province, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Monday. This story is developing. We'll bring you the latest information as we get it.[/release] [URL]http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/19/prime-minister-leader-of-al-qaeda-in-iraq-killed/[/URL] UPDATE: 1 [release] There was no immediate word from the U.S. military. The operation involved missile strikes and ground forces, al-Maliki said. The two men were in a house and then hid in a hole where their bodies were found by security forces, he said. Al-Maliki showed reporters photos of the two men.[/release] I'll update it ASAP CNN updates it.

Cool, 5 minutes of victory before the next leader comes around

Who is justin?

Owned

Usa! Usa! Usa!

:patriot: Fuck yeah.

[url]http://us.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/04/19/iraq.militants.killed/index.html?hpt=T2[/url]

Nice job boys.

[QUOTE=JDK721;21447105][URL]http://us.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/04/19/iraq.militants.killed/index.html?hpt=T2[/URL][/QUOTE] Thanks. [B][URL="http://us.cnn.com/WORLD/"] [IMG]http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/3.0/global/header/us/hdr-world.gif[/IMG][/URL][/B] [IMG]http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2010/WORLD/meast/04/19/iraq.militants.killed/story.abu.ayyub.almasri.gi.jpg[/IMG] [tab]Abu Ayyub al-Masri was the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq.[/tab] [release] [B]STORY HIGHLIGHTS[/B] [LIST] [*] Two al Qaeda in Iraq leaders were killed in a joint U.S.-Iraqi operation [*] U.S. military says deaths are "a potentially devastating blow" to group [*] Security forces arrested 16 others during the operation [*] One U.S. soldier was killed when a helicopter crashed during the assault [/LIST] [/release] [quote=CNN] [B]Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) --[/B]The two most senior leaders of al Qaeda in Iraq have been killed in a joint Iraqi-U.S. operation, officials announced Monday. The deaths of Abu Ayyub al-Masri and Abu Omar al-Baghdadi deal "a potentially devastating blow" to the terrorist group, the U.S. military said. "The death of these terrorists is potentially the most significant blow to al Qaeda in Iraq since the beginning of the insurgency," United States Forces-Iraq Commander Gen. Raymond Odierno said in a news release. Al-Masri was military leader of al Qaeda in Iraq. Al-Baghdadi was leader of the Islamic State of Iraq, an umbrella group that includes al Qaeda in Iraq. The U.S. military said al-Baghdadi held the title "Prince of the Faithful." Al-Masri's assistant and al-Baghdadi's son, who were also involved in terrorist activities, were killed as well, the U.S. military said. A U.S. soldier was killed during the assault when a U.S. helicopter crashed, the military said in the news release. The operation took place Sunday in al-Tharthar, north of Baghdad, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced Monday. It involved missile strikes and ground forces. The two men were in a house and then hid in a hole, where their bodies were found by security forces, he said. There have been previous reports of al-Baghdadi being killed, which turned out to be false. While other people have operated under the same name, authorities are confident the man killed Sunday is Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, al-Maliki said Monday. Al-Masri was once reported captured, which turned out to be inaccurate. The U.S. military said U.S. forces supported the Iraqi Security Forces in the operation. "A series of Iraqi-led joint operations conducted over the last week resulted in the Iraqi Forces with U.S. support executing a nighttime raid on the AQI [al Qaeda in Iraq] leaders' safehouse. The joint security team identified both AQI members, and the terrorists were killed after engaging the security team," the U.S. military said in a statement. Security forces arrested 16 "additional suspected criminal associates of the warranted individuals," the military said. [URL="http://topics.cnn.com/topics/abu_ayyub_al_masri/"]Al-Masri[/URL], called "the Egyptian" and also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajer, took the reins of Iraq's al Qaeda offshoot in June 2006, after a U.S. missile strike killed his predecessor, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. [/quote]

One evil will replace another. When you get rid of one weed, another one pops out

[QUOTE=Boba_Fett;21447078]:patriot: Fuck yeah.[/QUOTE] Team America!! Fuck No!!

[QUOTE=Git;21445333]Who is justin?[/QUOTE] Surely you can't be serious.

This is mostly treating the symptoms, not the cause of the insurgency. Right?

Remember when everyone was shitting their pants because Zarqawi was offed? This is just like it. Killing the leader of a terrorist organization does nothing; you need to go after the cause.

[QUOTE=PrismatexV8;21447480]Remember when everyone was shitting their pants because Zarqawi was offed? This is just like it. Killing the leader of a terrorist organization does nothing; you need to go after the cause.[/QUOTE] [img]http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2010/WORLD/meast/04/19/iraq.militants.killed/story.abu.ayyub.almasri.gi.jpg[/img] You can do both.

-Nah..snip

[QUOTE=PrismatexV8;21447480]Remember when everyone was shitting their pants because Zarqawi was offed? This is just like it. Killing the leader of a terrorist organization does nothing; you need to go after the cause.[/QUOTE] It fucks with morale though, basically a "You can run, but you can't hide" type thing. Shows them, we will find you and get you one way or another.

Lol CNN

wait, then a US serviceman dies in a helicopter crash? ah that sucks :saddowns:

another one has already taken over, no biggie =/

[QUOTE=Kybalt;21447445]This is mostly treating the symptoms, not the cause of the insurgency. Right?[/QUOTE] Yeah, but we can't really 'treat' the cause. They (Al-Qaeda) want us to leave forever so they can live completely isolated from the rest of the world under strict Sharia law.

[QUOTE=BCell;21447162]One evil will replace another. When you get rid of one weed, another one pops out[/QUOTE] Poison the weed to its root then.

[QUOTE=BCell;21447162]One evil will replace another. When you get rid of one weed, another one pops out[/QUOTE] We had better get some good weed killer then :downs:

[QUOTE=BCell;21447162]One evil will replace another. When you get rid of one weed, another one pops out[/QUOTE] Yeah, but not the weed that would have been preferred to have been there.