 | Sorry Steve, but an announcement this joyous deserves no less than the Fat Lady. |
April 13 (Bloomberg) -- A senior al-Qaeda operative in Iraq was killed by U.S. forces near Baquba, a city northeast of Baghdad, the U.S. military said today.
Rafid Ibrahim Fattah, also known as Abu Umar al-Kurdi, visited Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran during the past 15 years, U.S. military spokesman Major General Rick Lynch told reporters in Baghdad during a televised briefing. Abu Umar, who was killed in a March 27 raid, ``formed specific relations with al-Qaeda senior leadership to include Bin Laden and al-Zawahiri,'' Lynch said, referring to al-Qaeda's top two commanders, Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri. ``The al- Qaeda network gave him the title of al-Qaeda Ambassador and he established liason between terrorist networks.'' | Another position opens for al-Qaeda Number 3, please submit resumes |
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