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Iraq
Three prominent Zarqawi aides killed in Sowera
2006-05-30
Waset, May 30, (VOI) – Three top aides of ultra-militant Abu Musaab al-Zarqawi were killed in Sowera town (150 km north west of Kut) in clashes with local police forces, an Iraqi police source in Waset province said on Tuesday.

“Three of the most wanted (militants) who belong to Zarqawi’s al-Qaeda group, were killed in clashes with the emergency regiment in Sowera,” the source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). “They are among the top aids of Zarqawi in West of Sowera, Waset province, and the adjacent areas,” added the source who declined to be named. No details were available about the clashes or whether there were casualties among the police forces.

West of Sowera is a hotbed of violence in Waset with frequent clashes with armed groups.
Posted by:BrerRabbit

#8  You gotta love it. I hope they invite Maximilian Schell and have him reprise his role in Odessa File. Dr. Pain, DDS
Posted by: anymouse   2006-05-30 18:14  

#7  Ãœber-Militant
Posted by: Frank G   2006-05-30 17:35  

#6  Get 'em RD!
Posted by: 6   2006-05-30 17:28  

#5  ultra-militant?

What's next, action figures?
Posted by: Xbalanke   2006-05-30 17:22  

#4  RD: less than before.

Probably the same number. It's great for the junior guys, who get promoted really, really fast. The reason they lose so many top guys, and we lose so few, is because they can't touch our top guys, even though they know where they're located, but we can get their guys as soon as we find out where they are. So this stuff about no-go zones is so much BS - our guys can go anywhere they want - they just have to work at finding the opposition such that the encounter isn't initiated by an enemy ambush.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2006-05-30 16:46  

#3  grb: How many "top aides" does this guy have?

less than before.



This brave head chopping butt-fug-ugly lion of Islam surrendered without a fight, not even a wee small splody poop for Allah.

Iraq Says It Has Captured Key Militant Ahmed Hussein Dabash Samir al-Batawi

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The Iraqi government said Tuesday it has captured a key terror suspect who confessed to hundreds of beheadings. Ahmed Hussein Dabash Samir al-Batawi was arrested by a terrorist combat unit on Monday in Baghdad. it's a culture thingy

The unit also seized documents, cell phones and computers that contained the names and addresses of other wanted terrorists and information on Islamic extremist groups, the government said in a statement. smooth move assbite, thank you very much.

This undated photo released by the Iraq Government on Tuesday, May 30, 2006 is said to show Ahmed Hussein Dabash Samir al-Batawi, who was arrested by a terrorist combat unit on Monday in Baghdad, according to the Iraqi Prime Minister's office. The Iraqi Government alleged in a statement that terror suspect al-Batawi confessed under questioning that he beheaded hundreds of Iraqis in Baghdad and other Iraqi provinces.

"Al-Batawi is considered at the top of the terrorist list," the statement said, adding he had "committed the ugliest crimes against innocent civilians especially in Hurriyah neighborhood that witnessed many massacres."
Posted by: RD   2006-05-30 15:33  

#2  grb: How many "top aides" does this guy have?

Probably not that many. The turnover rate is probably pretty high, though. I assume that any top aide who gets waxed is replaced by his subordinates.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2006-05-30 15:29  

#1  Â“Three of the most wanted (militants) who belong to ZarqawiÂ’s al-Qaeda group, were killed in clashes with the emergency regiment in Sowera.”

How many "top aides" does this guy have?
Posted by: grb   2006-05-30 15:04  

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