Sunday, March 9, 2008

In Mosul, Iraqi forces capture replacement for Al Qaeda emir who was killed last month

Al Qaeda is having trouble filling vacancies. In northeast Mosul on Friday, Coalition forces captured a high-level terrorist believed to be the replacement for former Saudi Al Qaeda in Iraq senior leader Abu Yasir al-Saudi, also known as Jar Allah, who was killed in a helicpoter attack by Coalition forces February 27.

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