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Iraq
AQ Emir Muhammad Something Killed in Raid
2007-06-06
I don't know who this guy is, but he was important enough to be named in the press release.

AL-QAEDA LEADER KILLED IN BAGHDAD

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Coalition Forces killed a terrorist leader and detained three other suspected terrorists during an operation in Baghdad June 5 to disrupt a bombing network in the city.
Intelligence reports indicated the targeted building in the raid was a residence known to be a safe house for the targeted individual.

As Coalition Forces were securing the targeted building, numerous suspected terrorists attempted to flee and were detained by ground forces. One terrorist made continuous hostile attempts to evade the ground forces and refused to listen to instructions given by the interpreter with Coalition Forces. Coalition Forces, responding in self-defense, engaged the terrorist, killing him. Three suspected terrorists were also detained during the raid.

Muhammad Mahmud Abd Kazim Husayn al-Mashadani, also known as Abu Abdullah, was the terrorist killed during the raid. He was a known al-Qaeda emir in the Hay al-Jamah area of Baghdad and part of a deadly vehicle-borne improvised explosive device cell. He was positively identified as Muhammad Mahmud Abd Kazim Husayn al-Mashadani by associates and individuals detained during the raid.

"A key link in the VBIED network has been removed," said Lt. Col. Christopher Garver, MNF-I spokesperson. "We will continue to assault the VBIED network in order to stop their indiscriminate attacks against the people of Iraq."
Posted by:Glenmore

#3  Mashadani is a main Iraqi clan, as I recall. Sunni, of course.
Posted by: Brett   2007-06-06 21:09  

#2  I think that when al-Qaeda makes you an Emir, you get either a red target tattooed on your forehead, or a big letter "L".
Posted by: Anonymoose   2007-06-06 16:31  

#1  Muhammad Mahmud 'Abd Kazim Husayn al-Mashadani

Halt, Muhammad Mahmud 'Abd... Stop, Muhammad Mahmud 'Abd Kazim ...
Yeah, probably easier just to kill him. He'd be in Syria by the time ya got the name out.
Posted by: tu3031   2007-06-06 12:37  

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