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| Coalition forces hit Al Qaeda safe house |
| 2005-09-08 |
| A coalition air strike has demolished what authorities believe was an al Qaeda-linked terrorist safe house in the western Iraqi city of al-Jaramil and a man believed to be a foreign fighter facilitator was killed, Multi-National Forces officials said early Thursday. Abu Ali, described by the military as a "senior al Qaeda foreign fighter facilitator," was believed to be in the house at the time of the strike on Wednesday, authorities said. They added Ali has been linked to other al Qaeda terrorists and facilitators in Hit, al Qaim, Karabila and Husayba. He also had al Qaeda connections in the Mosul area, officials said, including one man captured in June and another man killed in August. Ali was also thought to have al Qaeda connections in Syria and Saudi Arabia where most of his foreign fighters were recruited, the military said in a written statement. He was believed to have funneled the foreign fighters into Iraq and sent them to various terrorist groups, where they participated in attacks against Iraqi citizens along with Iraqi Security Forces and Coalition Forces, authorities said. After the air strike, coalition forces saw large secondary explosions, indicating that a large weapons cache was destroyed, the military said. Meanwhile, a car bomb detonated in a popular Basra neighborhood Wednesday evening, killing 16 civilians and wounding 21 others, authorities said. Two women and two children were among the dead, according to an Iraqi army official said. U.S. authorities also reported they had freed Roy Hallums, a U.S. contractor kidnapped in Baghdad 10 months ago. Earlier Wednesday, four American private security contractors were killed when their vehicle, part of a U.S. diplomatic convoy, struck a roadside bomb in southern Basra, a western official in Baghdad told CNN. The improvised explosive device detonated at the foot of the Ghazyza bridge about 8:30 a.m. (0430 GMT). Three contractors were killed on the spot, the official said. One was flown to a hospital and later died of injuries. The diplomats were attached to the U.S. consulate in Basra. No details are known about the convoy's mission. A car bomb also exploded near a western convoy in central Baghdad Wednesday, injuring five bystanders, Iraqi police said. The convoy continued unharmed. The parked car detonated around 9 a.m. in the capital's Karrada neighborhood. Less than three hours later, an official with the Ministry of Defense was gunned down in a drive-by shooting in southern Baghdad's Dora neighborhood, police said. Killed in the attack was Hassan Umran. His driver was wounded. At about the same time, police found the bullet-riddled bodies of three men near a water purification plant in the Rustumiye section of southeastern Baghdad. Police said the bodies were dumped without identification. Iraqi police Wednesday said a U.S. Army Humvee was seen burning along the Mohammed al-Qasim highway in eastern Baghdad. A spokeswoman with the Army's 3rd Infantry Division said three U.S. soldiers were wounded when their convoy was hit by an improvised explosive device. At least one of the injured was in critical condition and medevaced to a field hospital. Around midday, a top officer with Iraqi police commandos was killed after gunmen fired on his convoy in western Baghdad. According to Baghdad police, Col. Imad Ismail Thyab was shot and killed in the Ghazaliya neighborhood when the attackers in two cars opened fire. Three other police commandos were wounded in the attack. Amid the carnage Wednesday was some good news: Roy Hallums, an American hostage snatched off the Baghdad streets in November, has been rescued and freed. |
| Posted by:Oztralian [AKA] God Save The World |
| #6 That is to say, he described on-the-job training at Solomon Brothers was largely at the expense of blowing up customers.... |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-09-08 15:26 |
| #5 Michael Lewi in his Liars Poker described Solomon Brothers learning on the job by blowing up customers. |
| Posted by: Throlulet Graviling7296 2005-09-08 13:45 |
| #4 senior al Qaeda foreign fighter translates into the "oldest moron who isn't dead yet" Still, for these guys, it's a pretty big promotion! |
| Posted by: Justrand 2005-09-08 13:44 |
| #3 Your probally right Raj. Kinda like Churn and Burn "There is a phrase amongst sales & marketing people known as "churn & burn". What it means is go find as many prospects as you can, tell them whatever you have to tell them to get the sale (the churn part) -- and then the customers are "burned" when they realize that the product or service will never do what the salesman said it would." |
| Posted by: plainslow 2005-09-08 10:39 |
| #2 plainslow - I think the promotion plan works kinda like in law firms & Big Six accounting firms - up or out (i.e., make partner in 5-7 years or get lost). With al-Queda it's even better - up and out! |
| Posted by: Raj 2005-09-08 09:52 |
| #1 Something is not adding up to me. If our military lost as many senior people as these guys had,we'd be Muslim by now. Either someone is lying to us, or senior means over the age of 15. |
| Posted by: plainslow 2005-09-08 09:46 |