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Uncomfirmed: Two Leading Fallujah Shaykhs Killed
2004-11-11
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

#12  How do we get this confirmed or not? Also, what about total numbers of jihadis killed, etc. ???

What is next? Ramadi? Habaniyah? Hit? Tal Afar? Mosul? Samarra? Latifiya? Mamoudiyah? ???? Does anyone know?
Posted by: leaddog2   2004-11-11 7:49:03 PM  

#11  Ya know that bridge cross the river is still standing.... and I am sure someone can find some rope....
Posted by: CrazyFool   2004-11-11 2:09:09 PM  

#10  AP reports "there have been unconfirmed reports that two top guerrilla leaders, Abdullah al-Janabi and Omar Hadid, have been killed.

More, please.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2004-11-11 2:03:27 PM  

#9  Been rumors about CW weaponry in Fallujah for quite a while - it came into Iraq from Syria when the terr's came into Iraq from Syria.

That's why I was hopping mad on the "news" article coming out of Iran that the *US* was using those weapons - because it was a setup for them to use the gas and blame it on the US.

Sounds like the speed of our advance caught them flat footed.
Posted by: OldSpook   2004-11-11 8:44:27 AM  

#8  Speaking of unconfirmed... heard a teaser on NPR this morning about sarin gas possibly found in Fallujah. Has anyone seen this elsewhere, or was it just a ploy to make people listen to them recount Arafish's life?
Posted by: IG-88   2004-11-11 8:31:01 AM  

#7  Heads on pikes please.
Posted by: Howard UK   2004-11-11 6:18:40 AM  

#6  Correction: Hadid seen in Fallujah by Ghaith on Saturday November 6. Not Tuesday the 7th. Tuesday was the 9th anyway. My bad.
Posted by: Robert Stevens   2004-11-11 1:44:32 AM  

#5  Now all I want is Zarqawi hanging by his balls from a meathook on a pig farm.
Posted by: anymouse   2004-11-11 1:14:37 AM  

#4  Wow. Bush wins. Oil price falls. Arafat dies. Now these two get JDAM'ed where it hurts.

Pinch me I'm dreaming.
Posted by: Ulineng Hupamble5419   2004-11-11 1:09:41 AM  

#3  Two out of four they wanted.Hope it is true.
Posted by: crazyhorse   2004-11-11 12:44:03 AM  

#2  You can say that again Des.
Posted by: Robert Stevens   2004-11-11 12:38:20 AM  

#1  Let's kill all these fucks.
Posted by: Destro   2004-11-11 12:28:30 AM  

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