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Uncomfirmed: Two Leading Fallujah Shaykhs Killed
 AP reports "there have been unconfirmed reports that two top guerrilla leaders, Abdullah al-Janabi and Omar Hadid, have been killed. Janabi who styles himself Emir of the 'Islamic Republic of Falluja' is head of Fallujah's majahideen shura council and imam of the Saad ibn Abi Wakkas mosque. Hadid, who also sits on the muj shura in Fallujah, is Zarqawi's de facto field commander there. Today's Telegraph points to the liklihood that Hadid has in fact been liquidated as the paper reported that "an estimated 70 foreign fighters were killed in a massive precision artillery strike on a building in a mosque complex." "Military intelligence officers were last night trying to confirm that a 'high-value target' or HVT died in the attack. The man is suspected of being a key lieutenant of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the most wanted man in Iraq, and responsible for marshalling hard-line insurgence from other Arab countries." Hadid, a Fallujah native who commands the Black Banners Brigades of the Islamic Army, controls foreign fighters as well as Iraqis. The last confirmed sighting of Hadid in Fallujah was on Tuesday, November 7 by Washington Post and Getty Images stringer Ghaith Abdul-Ahad. Posted by: Robert Stevens 2004-11-11 |
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