Al-Qaeda's No. 2 in Iraq Killed by Coalition Forces.
I almost didn't notice this amidst all the local hoopla. Almost.
"Abu Qaswarah, who is also known as Abu Sara, was killed during an intelligence-driven raid on "a key command and control location" in Mosul on Oct. 5. He was the terrorist who detonated the suicide vest that killed three women and three children after being shot by Coalition Forces.
"Evidence after the operation indicates he was shot by Coalition forces who were acting in self defense and that he detonated his suicide vest after receiving mortal wounds from Coalition forces," Lieutenant Commander David Russell, a Public Affairs Officer in Baghdad, told The Long War Journal. "The innocent Iraqi victims were three women and three children who were also killed during the operation. This deliberate disregard for the safety of innocent Iraqi lives is characteristic of Abu Qaswarah’s nefarious operations."
The raid, likely carried out by the special operations hunter-killer teams of Task Force 88, resulted in five al Qaeda operatives killed, including Abu Qaswarah. Multinational Forces Iraq was able to positively identify Abu Qaswarah as being killed after the raid."
A rat is a rat, even unto death.
So how soon before code pinkies protest this rat's collateral damage of women & children?
