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2007-06-26 Iraq

Al-Qaeda emir of West Mosul killed during Coalition operations

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Posted by Fred 2007-06-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top
File under: al-Qaeda in Iraq

#1 further depleting a terrorist network already strained by Coalition operations.

Yum. Delicious understatement. Followed by all those lovely names of captured emirs. We're definitely well within their training cycle now.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-06-26 00:48|| 2007-06-26 00:48|| Front Page Top

#2 I really don't like that picture. It's not safe for work.

Posted by gromky 2007-06-26 06:14|| 2007-06-26 06:14|| Front Page Top

#3 I don't like the pic, either, but I just poked my eyes out so it won't bother me any more.

Mosul has turned in to quite a killing ground for the enemy. The chaos of a couple years ago seems to have convinced the locals that order and security are to be preferred.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2007-06-26 08:22|| http://northshorejournal.org]">[http://northshorejournal.org] 2007-06-26 08:22|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-06-26 09:05|| 2007-06-26 09:05|| Front Page Top

#5 You all getting the impression that al Queda has as many "emirs" as some antebellum Southern counties had "colonels"?

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#6 From Dictionary.com:

e·mir /əˈmɪər, eɪˈmɪər, ˈeɪmɪər/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[uh-meer, ey-meer, ey-meer] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
noun
1. a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
2. a title of honor of the descendants of Muhammad.
3. (initial capital letter) the former title of the ruler of Afghanistan.
4. a title of certain Turkish officials.
Also, emeer, amir, ameer.

[Origin: 161525; < Ar amīr commander]

Simply put, anyone who is the leader or a group of whatever size, apparently. As far as I know, Kentucky Colonels are merely decorative.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-06-26 13:24|| 2007-06-26 13:24|| Front Page Top

#7 Why aren't Kurds doing the dirty for us? Mosul is close to home.

Posted by Pheang Jones9468 2007-06-26 19:10|| 2007-06-26 19:10|| Front Page Top

#8 So we're no longer wiping out AQ captains and Lt/s? Now it's emirs? Good...I see progress!

Posted by Sigmund Freud 2007-06-26 20:48|| 2007-06-26 20:48|| Front Page Top

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