CNN: Iraqi government: al Qaeda in Iraq leader wounded; top aide dead

[Frustratedlady]

BAGHDAD (CNN) -- Iraqi police have wounded the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq and killed his top aide, a spokesman for the Iraqi Interior Ministry told CNN Thursday.

The spokesman said Iraqi police encountered an insurgent group on the road between Falluja and Samarra and, in a firefight, wounded Abu Ayyub al-Masri, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's successor as leader of al Qaeda in Iraq. Abu Abdullah al-Majamiai, al-Masri's top aide, was killed, he said.

The spokesman said Iraqi police have the body of al-Majamiai and would not comment on the whereabouts of al-Masri.

[jefferson_dem]

1. Great! Now let's get the fuck out of there.

[ShortnFiery]

2. Please! Pentagon PsyOps never stops even when their ruse has been outed.

Top Al Quaeda and Aide! Oh Boy, what does that make? Perhaps 20 something of those guys? :eyes:

[Frustratedlady]

3. My first thought was it must be Friday...

My second thought was about how many leaders or next-in-line leaders have they killed?

[leftwingnut]

7. Exactly!

Oh another leader killed...how many f**king leaders are out there??

[Poll_Blind]

4. Knowing the disposition of al-Masari is terribly important. It's the central...

...subject of this story and yet it is the least-certain thing in it!

  If he's wounded but escaped and his aide is dead- it just means he's pissed off and has to get his own coffee and ammo now.

  You'd think the Iraqis would give some indication. Either they have him or they don't. If they have him, they're being quiet while they pull his fingernails out trying to get information. If he escaped, they're likely slapping each other with their watch caps like Agarn from F-Troop. Either way, the implications are troubling.

PB

[Tin Man]

5. Since when has anything reported by the Iraqi govt had credence?

Jesus, they're less trustworthy than the US govt - and that's really saying 'sumthin.

[Old and In the Way]

6. Well, that will settle things.

Not like people get pissed when you kill their leaders. And new leaders don't fill the vacuum.

[The_Casual_Observer]

8. I never believed that that guy was the head of anything,

So why should I believe any of this shit?