 Two Al-Qaeda members were killed last Tuesday during a military operation conducted to the south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the US army said Sunday. An Army statement indicated that based on "timely intelligence reports," the coalition forces were able to locate and kill two Al-Qaeda members during a raid for being involved in terrorist operations in Iraq. According to the statement, "one of the terrorists killed, Abu Ahad, managed foreign fighter facilitation and also provided a modicum of command and control between several terrorist cells operating throughout the vicinity of Fallujah, Baghdad, Yusifiyah, Taji and Mahmudiyah." The report added that the other member killed in the raid was unidentified but intelligence officials affirmed his involvement in coordinating terrorist operations "as well as his association with Abu Ahad." |