The hits keep coming ! This is HUGE! Mohammed Jahim al-Harbuni was the commander of al Qaeda in Iraq for the Salaheddin province and the key word there is "was." And U.S. forces took three of his buddies with him.
From the brief article at The Australianblockquote>>:
US forces have killed a top militant from the al-Qaeda in Iraq group and three
accomplices - one a Saudi Arabian - in the centre of the country, a local police
officer said today.
Mohammed Jahim al-Harbuni, an Iraqi, was killed
yesterday in the Al-Jillam district northeast of the central town of Samarra,
Captain Ala Jassim said.
The other two dead were also Iraqis, he said.
Harbuni was the operational head of the jihadist group in Salaheddin
province, Capt Jassim said.
I continue to ring up these killings and captures of al Qaeda in Iraq leaders because it is that huge - it will mean the end of al Qaeda in Iraq. And also, the fact of the matter is the last four or five major leaders either captured or killed have been up in the northern area of Iraq, north and east of Baghdad - we have seen it in Mosul and then Diyala province and now in Salaheddin province. These are the last areas where al Qaeda in Iraq is trying to white knuckle it out and there second biggest enemy right now is space or lack of it. They have been cornered to some extent into one region now and as we can see, leaders are more visible and when they are more visible, they are more dead.
Al-Qaeda commander killed -
police
US forces have killed a top militant from the al-Qaeda in Iraq
group and three accomplices - one a Saudi Arabian - in the centre of the
country, a local police officer said today.
Mohammed Jahim al-Harbuni, an
Iraqi, was killed yesterday in the Al-Jillam district northeast of the central
town of Samarra, Captain Ala Jassim said.
The other two dead were also
Iraqis, he said.
Harbuni was the operational head of the jihadist group in
Salaheddin province, Capt Jassim said.
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