Coalition forces kill Al Qaeda "security" leader
I have to wonder - what on earth would an al Qaeda "security" leader do?
Here's what I was able to cull from the Centcom release.
First, his identity and theatre of operation:
Muhammad Abdullah Abbas al-Issawi, also known as Abu Abd al-Sattar and Abu Akram, was a known al-Qaeda terrorist leader known to operate in Karmah and Ameriyah areas and was the al-Qaeda in Iraq Security Emir of the eastern Anbar Province.
Notice that he was in Anbar Province where the Sunni tribes have largely turned against al Qaeda.
Now the part about his responsibilities:
He was also a weapons supplier to insurgent forces fighting against the Iraqi Army, Iraqi Police and Coalition Forces, and had links to the recent surge in chlorine VBIED attacks across Iraq.So now we know what an al Qaeda "security" leader does - he wages chemical and other types of deadly attacks against the Iraqi people, even going so far as to use their own children against them.
Intelligence reports also indicate that his VBIED cell used 12- to 13-year-old children as VBIED drivers.
Now what did Michael Moore call these insurgents again? That's right, Minutemen. Yeah, right.