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Iraq announces killing of another senior al-Qaida leader
 Iraq announced Tuesday the killing of another senior leader of al-Qaida group in the country, an official television reported."Iraqi security forces killed the terrorist Ahmed al-Obaidi, also known as Abu Suhaib, the military leader for Qaida terrorist organization in the provinces of Nineveh, Kirkuk and Salahudin," the state-run television of Iraqia, quoted Mohammed al-Askari media advisor of the Iraqi Defence Ministry as saying. Intelligence reports indicated that Obaidi moved from the city of Ramadi in Iraq's western province of Anbar to the northern province of Nineveh, where a joint U.S. and Iraqi force killed him in an early morning operation, Askari said. The fresh announcement came a day after Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the U.S. military announced the killing of two top Qaida leaders in a nighttime rocket attack on a safe house near the city of Tikrit, the capital of Salahudin province. The two top al-Qaida leaders were Abu Omer al-Baghdadi and Abu Ayyub al-Musri, who are the most wanted by U.S. and Iraqi forces. Local analysts believe the latest killing announcements of al- Qaida top leaders can be seen as victories for the country's security forces, who were blamed for failing to protect civilians against terrorists. Posted by: tipper 2010-04-20 |
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