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Key Iraqi al-Qaeda figure 'dead'
 The US military in Iraq says a militant killed on Tuesday has been positively identified as the leader of al-Qaeda in the city of Mosul. It said the man - identified by a pseudonym, Abu Khalaf - had co-ordinated and ordered many attacks.
US and Iraqi forces have been carrying out an offensive in the city for more than a month, in an attempt to drive out al-Qaeda in Iraq from Mosul. The city, US and Iraqi officials say, is al-Qaeda's last urban stronghold in Iraq. Also on Friday, US military officials said the handover to Iraqi control of Anbar province, west of Baghdad, was being postponed. A statement said the delay was because of forecasts for high winds and dust storms on Saturday, but no new date for the handover was announced. The postponement came a day after a suicide bomb attack in Anbar, which killed at least 20 people, including a tribal leader and members of a patrol force opposed to al-Qaeda in Iraq. Why did the Beeb put 'dead' in quotes? Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-06-27 |
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