Seems like the bolded quote below might be leaving out some information. Either way, good riddance:
BAGHDAD — Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki announced Monday that two top insurgent leaders had been killed, including a somewhat mythic figure who has operated under the name Abu Omar al-Baghdadi. Mr. Baghdadi has been reported dead or detained several times previously, and his very existence had been called into question a few years ago by American military leaders.
After Mr. Maliki’s press conference, the American military released a statement verifying that Mr. Baghdadi was killed in a joint raid between Iraqi and United States forces in the dark hours of Sunday morning near Tikrit, near Saddam Hussein’s hometown.
Also killed, according to Mr. Maliki and American officials, was Abu Ayyub al-Masri, the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, also known as Al Qeada in Mesopotamia, a largely Iraqi group that includes some foreign leadership.
Both men were found in a hole in the ground.
“The security forces surrounded the hole, and when they got them out they were dead,” Mr. Maliki said at the news conference. Mr. Maliki said computers and letters were found that included communication between the men and Osama bin Laden.
Again? It seems like the top two insurgency leaders whose death will cripple the insurgency get killed three or four times a year.
al-Maliki is trying to make himself look essential for the Bagdhad vote recount he just got.
if they really did kill al-baghdadi, good. fuck him, fuck al-Masri, and fuck all the murderous Al Q in Mesopotamia assholes who’ve carried out horrific bombings, kidnappings, and mass murder against civilian & sectarian targets. i don’t care if the iraqi government kills Al Q 1 through 10 every month.
and yes, our entire invasion and occupation has been a massive war crime.
The guys who are next in line for the throne say thanks.
The Iraqi insurgency isn’t a lovable as, say, the Vietnamese were during our illegal occupation of THEIR country.
But if it weren’t for their kicking US Army butt, Bush would have invaded Syria and Iran, and we’d be occupying four Muslim countries rather than just two.