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| Task Force 88 Scores Big In Iraq |
| 2008-08-25 |
| By Bill Roggio Coalition and Iraq forces captured Three Senior al Qaeda Killers in Iraq; These Big Shot Murderers were behind some of the deadliest violence over the past several years. Two of the men were detained during the past two weeks in raids by Task Force 88, the hunter-killer special operations teams assigned to dismantle al Qaeda's networks in Iraq. First The special operations teams captured Salim 'Abdallah Ashur al Shujayri during an operation on Aug. 11. Six days later, Ali Rash Nasir Jiyad al Shammari was captured. The locations of the raids were not disclosed by Multinational Forces-Iraq. Today, Iraqi forces announced the capture of Mahdi Mosleh al Djeheishi. [remember all 3 names as there will be a flash test later this semester] Shujayri and Shammari are senior al Qaeda in Iraq leaders and have been "assessed to be longtime members" of the group. Both men are Iraqi citizens, a senior US military intelligence official who wishes to remain anonymous told The Long War Journal. Shammari, who goes by the nom de guerre Abu Tiba, was al Qaeda in Iraq's "senior advisor in Baghdad, providing guidance and targeting assistance to subordinates throughout the city," Multinational Forces-Iraq reported in a press release. He served as al Qaeda's leader in the Karkh district before being promoted to manage al Qaeda's overall terror campaign in Baghdad in early 2007. He provided operational and financial support to 15 terror groups operating in Baghdad. "He is alleged to have personally approved targets for car and suicide bombings targeting Iraqi civilians, intended to incite sectarian violence," the press release stated. [I hope the Iraqis use pliers on him!] In this capacity, Shammari directed the siege of Baghdad, which was facilitated by al Qaeda's control of critical regions in the outlying areas of Baghdad and neighboring provinces. Al Qaeda used attacks against civilian and sectarian targets as part of its strategy to fragment the military and government and draw the country in a wider civil war. Shujayri, who is also know as Abu Uthman, served under Shammari as the emir, or leader in Baghdad's Rusafa district. He had close connections to Abu Ayyub al Masri, al Qaeda in Iraq's emir, and other senior terror leaders. Shujayri directed suicide and car-bomb attacks against Iraqi civilians. [[Pleasant A$$HOLE] Shujayri was a member of an indigenous Iraqi Salafist terror group prior to joining al Qaeda in Iraq, the senior US intelligence official said. Osama bin Laden's sanctioning of Abu Musab al Zarqawi as the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq was crucial in bring Shujayri and other Iraqi Salafists into the ranks of al Qaeda. ............ Margaret Hassan was the Baghdad director of CARE International, a nongovernmental aide group. She was kidnapped in October 2004. Her body was discovered four week later in Fallujah, brutally butchered, with her throat slit and her arms and legs hacked off. In spite of the fact that these three al-Qaeda leaders could have safely released her in Baghdad. |
| Posted by:Red Dawg |
| #10 The Official Number of Junior Nation. |
| Posted by: Skunky Glins 5*** 2008-08-25 19:25 |
| #9 8 is a lucky number for the Chinese. Task Force Lucky Lucky. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2008-08-25 14:13 |
| #8 #2 88 is a code word used by white supremacists to mean Heil Hitler. I hope it's a coincidence in this case. And "number 2" is a code word used by young children to mean poop. Probably not a coincidence in this particular case. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2008-08-25 13:04 |
| #7 3dc: are those people born into the religion or converts? |
| Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2008-08-25 12:22 |
| #6 all these changing names... The wife asked me the other day..."why are my muslim patients always changing their names? - It ruins our record keeping and makes the mandated lifetime mental health assessments a disaster." I just had to tell her it goes with the religion and being truthful. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-08-25 12:07 |
| #5 88 is a code word I never kenw that. Sounds like the code has been leaked. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2008-08-25 09:15 |
| #4 Gromky that is deeply insulting to the US military. Task forces are numbered sequentially based on their composition. For instance, the combined joint task force that took on Afghanistan in 2001 was CJTF 180. Task force 88 has been operational for years. It has been responsible for taking down the worst of the Ba'athists including Saddam himself. You owe those servicemen and women a public apology. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-08-25 08:55 |
| #3 You "hope it's a coincidence"? What a terrible thing to imply. Surely you haven't the slightest doubt that it is purely coincidental? |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2008-08-25 08:26 |
| #2 88 is a code word used by white supremacists to mean Heil Hitler. I hope it's a coincidence in this case. |
| Posted by: gromky 2008-08-25 08:05 |
| #1 To all the Al Qaeda in Iraq, turn the light off when you slink away in the dark of the night. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2008-08-25 07:44 |