U.S. says kills senior Qaeda leader in west Iraq
Posted on: Thursday, 20 October 2005, 08:47 CDT
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces killed 12 militants in western Iraq including an al Qaeda leader responsible for attacks around Ramadi, a focus of the Sunni Arab insurgency, the U.S. military said on Thursday.
A statement said Sa'ad Ali Firas Muntar al-Dulaimi, also known as Abu Abdullah, was among 12 people killed in a series of October 15 raids on suspected insurgents in Ramadi, about 68 miles west of Baghdad.
The statement said Dulaimi was "highly regarded" by top al Qaeda leaders in Iraq including the group's chief, Jordanian Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
"(Dulaimi) was chiefly responsible for planning and executing all terrorist attacks on Iraqi and Coalition forces in the Ramadi and Falluja areas," the statement said.
Ramadi and Falluja in western Anbar province are both bastions of Sunni Arab insurgents who have waged a bloody campaign of bombings, murders and kidnappings against the U.S.- backed Baghdad government.
U.S. forces have conducted a series of operations against insurgents around the two cities and areas to the west over the past three weeks to try to impose security ahead of last Saturday's constitutional referendum in Iraq.
Source: REUTERS
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