Wednesday, February 6, 2008

US: 35 senior al Qaeda terrorists captured or killed during January

Rear Admiral Gregory Smith gave a press briefing Wednesday in Baghdad, providing an update on military operations. Admiral Smith announced Iraqi and Coalition Forces had killed or captured a total of 35 senior al Qaeda Iraq terrorists during January. The 35 include four emirs who directed al Qaeda Iraq’s operations, three cell leaders, six who led vehicle bomb and road-side bomb networks, six who led media and propaganda operations, three foreign terrorist facilitators, and, fourteen who facilitated financial, weapons, and communications operations.