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Iraq
Abu Omar al-Baghdadi Deceased?
2007-05-03
Seems promising, but not yet confirmed.
I think Fox News just confirmed it, but I was only listening with one ear...
Just in from PJM Bahgdad editor Omar Fadhil (May 3, 1.48 am PDT): Al-Iraqiya state TV has just reported that Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the leader of al-QaedaÂ’s political front organization the Islamic State of Iraq, has been killed in the Ghazaliya district in western Baghdad.

Al-Iraqiya says Interior Ministry spokesman Brigadier general Abdul Kareem Khalaf confirmed that the ministryÂ’s forces have retrieved al-BaghdadiÂ’s body. Unlike the alleged killing of Abu Ayyub al-Masri earlier this week, today thereÂ’s an official statement from a high Iraqi official and the incident took place inside the Iraqi capital, not in a remote area where information is more difficult to collect and rumors abound. Still, the news is yet to be confirmed by more sources including US officials.
Posted by:Glenmore

#3  Abu Omar al-Baghdadi Deceased? Decreased until futher notice.
Posted by: RD   2007-05-03 13:54  

#2  Head on a stick. That's all we ask...
Posted by: tu3031   2007-05-03 11:12  

#1  *taps foot*

Still waiting.
Posted by: ptah   2007-05-03 11:05  

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