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Iraq
US military says it killed Zarqawi’s “right-hand man"
2006-06-21
The US military says it has killed the "right-hand man" of slain Al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Major General William Caldwell says Iraqi Mansur Suleiman al-Mashhadani was killed on Friday by US forces in Yusifiyah, south of Baghdad. "We do know that Sheikh Mansur was a key leader in Al Qaeda in Iraq with excellent religious, military and leadership credentials within that organisation," General Caldwell said.
Oh, u-lu-lu-lu-lu-lu-lu-lu!!!!
He describes him as Zarqawi's right-hand man and a liaison between Al Qaeda and tribes in the restive area south of Baghdad. The Mashhadani are a major tribe of Sunni Arabs. "He was tied to the senior leadership, including having relationships with both Zarqawi and al-Masri," General Caldwell said, referring to Abu Ayub al-Masri, whom the US military claim to be Zarqawi's successor. "We do think that his death will significantly continue to impact on the ability of this organisation to regenerate and organise itself."

General Caldwell says Sheikh Mansur was "multifunctional" with responsibilities including spiritual advice, recruitment, leadership and media operations.

A large framed picture showing Sheikh Mansur before and after he was killed has been displayed by General Caldwell in the same manner as a picture of Zarqawi's dead face after he was killed in a US air strike on June 7 near the restive city of Baquba.
Soon to be on coffee mugs and baseball cards ...
One part of the composite picture showed him clean shaven with a thin moustache and wearing a black T-shirt, while the other showed a dust covered, bruised and blood-stained face.

Describing his killing, General Caldwell says US troops had attempted to stop the vehicle in which Sheikh Mansur was travelling with two others. He says when they kept driving they decided to fire at them from a helicopter that had been backing up soldiers on the ground.
Helizap!
General Caldwell says coalition forces were "following and tracking him for sometime as the intent was to capture him". "When that proved something that was not able to be achieved by forces involved in that operation, they went ahead and used air assets to engage and destroy that vehicle," he said.
In celebration, the traditional Rantburg joke:

"Hokay, Mansur, drop da heat and open da car door slowly!"
"Aaaahh, you'll never take me alive, infidels!"
"Hokay! [Red One you are weapons-free, say again, weapons-free]"
[boom!]
The General says the two others who died with Sheikh Mansur were "foreign fighters, with one Abu Tareq being a cell leader".
And now he's a cell leader in Hell.
Posted by:Steve White

#15  bet he smelled bad, Sea
Posted by: Frank G   2006-06-21 15:55  

#14  The biggest threat we face is the threat from within.
Posted by: 2b   2006-06-21 15:46  

#13  Idly wondering if ol' Zark had a "left-hand man"...
Posted by: Seafarious   2006-06-21 14:28  

#12  Oh no, not another framed picture! I remember a whiny MSM writer opining that it was in bad form for us to matt and frame the death mask of Zarkie. Oh woe is we, I fear another bashing of us warmongers is to come.
Posted by: Whinemp Unogum4891   2006-06-21 14:27  

#11  
Mansur Suleiman al-Mashhadani = dead winky
Posted by: RD   2006-06-21 13:37  

#10  And thus the demise of Colonel Sebastian Moran.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2006-06-21 13:00  

#9  The only hope of Islamofascists is that the West will self-destroy.

The only way we can self-destroy is if we continue to allow Marxists, multi-culturalist moonbays, and Democrats to control the media and academia.

The only way we can stop anti-enlightenment forces in the West is if we get rid of them, over the next 150 years (after they all die of natural causes while cultural and medical improvements slowly take place) or over the next 10-20 years (very violently, if they openly target our love of freedom and commitment to win WW IV, or if the Islamofascists launch all-out "civil" wars and nukes in/against most Western countries).

My current estimate is that it won't take 150 years. Are you prepared for the next 10 years?
Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever)   2006-06-21 12:04  

#8  Let's go after the left hand now--whoever that is--and then the rest of the scum sucking pukes. Take off the gloves and unleash the dogs of war. Show the SOBs what it is all about.
Posted by: P*ssed   2006-06-21 08:44  

#7  Truth be told, you're on the right track, Howard. There's something quite sad, really, about those who believe this war isn't to the death, for everything, and can be played at like a game, all gentlemanly-like and high-road and all that rot. They've never been there, so they can't really conceive it, wrap their minds around it, I guess. But we will go there, all of us, eventually - or we will lose.
Posted by: Ulusing Cleash5738   2006-06-21 07:57  

#6  I find it increasingly hard not to advocate coming down to the level of the animals we are fighting against in Iraq. Deep breaths.
Posted by: Howard UK   2006-06-21 07:40  

#5  Heh, Howard - you've got a real mean side, lol.
Posted by: Ulusing Cleash5738   2006-06-21 07:03  

#4  Booby trap the body and give it back to the family.
Posted by: Howard UK   2006-06-21 05:42  

#3  Caught him 'thinking about the situation'! Now a 500lb on the safehouse of the beheaders will wrap this puppy up! Take your time...get um!
Posted by: smn   2006-06-21 03:03  

#2  I like the "after" shot
Posted by: Captain America   2006-06-21 01:27  

#1  Pix.
Posted by: Seafarious   2006-06-21 00:36  

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