Topic: Abu Omar al-Baghdadi

Al Qaeda in Iraq

Al Qaeda in Iraq is an insurgency group founded by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who was killed in 2006 . The group is a successor to al-Zarqawi's earlier insurgency group, Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad, which declared allegiance to Osama Bin Laden in 2004 ...

Abu Omar al-Baghdadi

Abu Omar al-Baghdadi is a leader for the Al Qaeda terrorist group. On April 23 , 2009 , the Iraqi military announced the allegedly captured al-Baghdadi in Baghdad after two suicide bombing that left 73 people dead. Iraq Al-Qaeda boss Abu Omar al-Baghdadi 'is ...

Iraq vows to quickly eliminate new Qaeda leaders

Iraq's security forces on Monday vowed to quickly eliminate Al-Qaeda's new leadership, a day after the terror network named replacements for two senior commanders who were killed last month."The intelligence unit that tracks members of the organisation has promised ...
<div id="subtitle">AP Interview: Captured militant recounts role in leading forces to al-Qaida in Iraq leaders</div><div><p>Leery of using a mobile phone, the militant tasked with directing some of Baghdad's deadliest recent bombings would get his orders ...

Qaeda in Iraq confirms top commanders killed

<div><p>Al-Qaeda in Iraq is struggling to recruit volunteers for suicide bombings and other attacks, the US army said on Sunday, hours after the jihadist network confirmed the deaths of its top commanders.</p><p>Brigadier General Ralph Baker, a senior ...
<div><p>Al-Qaeda has confirmed the deaths of its top two Iraq commanders in a joint US-Iraqi military raid, a US monitoring group said, days after a wave of apparent revenge attacks killed 58 Iraqis.</p><p>Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Abu ...

Qaeda confirms deaths of leaders in Iraq: statement

<div><p>LONDON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda in Iraq has confirmed in a statement posted on the Internet that two of its leaders were killed in a joint raid a week ago by U.S. and Iraqi troops.</p><p>The killings of ...

Iraq hopes finally to bury Baghdadi myth

<div><p>Iraq's government will hope announcing the death of Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the political leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, will finally bury the myth of a man whose killing or capture was previously bungled.</p><p>Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ...
The purported killing of two top Al-Qaeda in Iraq leaders will send shockwaves through the jihadist network but mid-level commanders must also be removed if attacks are to stop, analysts said Tuesday.Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Abu Ayub al-Masri -- both linked with ...

Killing of Qaeda leaders 'won't end Iraq attacks'

The purported killing of two top Al-Qaeda in Iraq leaders will send shockwaves through the jihadist network but mid-level commanders must also be removed if attacks are to stop, analysts said Tuesday.Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Abu Ayub al-Masri -- both linked with ...