Tuesday, May 1, 2007

AQI Leader Killed

The BBC reports that Abu Ayyub al-Masri, Zarqawi's successor to the mantle of leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, has been killed:

According to Iraqi officials, al-Masri was killed in an "internal battle" between militants.

The clash took place on Tuesday in northern Baghdad, an interior ministry official said on Iraqi television. The official said that he was "100% sure" that al-Masri had been killed.

Live by treachery, die by treachery - I think I read something like that in a long, gory holy book. Now we wait to see which head will take over this noxious serpent next.

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2 comments:

Nattybumpoe said...

Chris, this can neither be confirmed nor denied as he cannot be identified by UN officials. Way to jump to conclusions bud... 2:09 in the morning? You're right though, it's probably him.

May 1, 2007 at 7:33 AM
CHRISTOPHER said...

1) Well, it wasn't 2:09 in the morning in Anbar. I think you're just jealous because I had this blogged before you did.

2) There is absolutely no way of knowing if any news coming out of Iraq is true. It's slightly more credible when a staunchly antiwar organization like the BBC reports it.

May 1, 2007 at 1:18 PM

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