Yet Another Al-Qaida Leader Killed
April 21 2010
The top U.S. general in Iraq says U.S. and Iraqi forces killed a third Al-Qaida leader on Tuesday, reports Agence France-Presse.
Gen. Ray Odierno said that the regional terrorist leader killed in the morning raid near Tikrit was in charge of military operations across northern Iraq. He was identified as Hazim Ilyas Abdallah al-Khafaji, also known as Yasir al-Hambali.
The operation was launched based on information gleaned from the Sunday mission, in which Abu Omar Al-Baghdadi...
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