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| Zarqawi bombmaker named | |
| 2004-02-24 | |
Coalition forces in Iraq killed an aide of suspected Al-Qaeda operative Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and arrested several other people in a raid last week, a US general told AFP Tuesday. "There was a terrorist stakeout of Zarqawi’s at Al-Ramadi that we were able to raid and kill one of his operatives and arrest others," Major-General Charles Swannick said. Swannick, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, said items including suicide vests, bomb-making equipment and passports were seized in the raid on February 19. He was confirming a report in the Baghdad daily newspaper that a Zarqawi deputy it named as Nidal Arabiyat Agha Hamza was killed in an operation conducted last Thursday north of Baghdad.
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| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #2 then it wasnt Yassin? still a good catch. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2004-2-24 12:49:09 PM |
| #1 Confirmation from AP: Abu Mohammed Hamza, believed to have been a bombmaker for al-Zarqawi, was killed Thursday in Habaniyah after U.S. troops came under fire while distributing leaflets, Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt said. The troops returned fire, killing Hamza, he said. |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-2-24 10:24:38 AM |