...but for some reason this wonderful news has been relegated to a small link on the side of the FoxNews.com home page instead of as a major headliner.
To see the whole story click on this link British Forces Kill High Profile Al Qaeda Leader in Iraq or go to http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,215620,00.html.
The gist of the story is just what the headline above proclaims. Here is a piece of it:
"BAGHDAD, Iraq — British forces said they killed a top terrorist leader Monday, identified by Iraqi officials as an Al Qaeda leader who had escaped from a U.S. prison in Afghanistan and returned to Iraq."
It sounds like our allies did a good job of gathering intelligence about terrorists, then acted quickly and convincingly on that intel. According to the article, a spokesman for the British forces said:
"We had information that a terrorist of considerable significance was hiding in Basra, as a result of that information we conducted an operation in an attempt to arrest him,"
and:
"During the attempted arrest Omar Farouq was killed, which is regrettable because we wanted to arrest him."
Actually, I don't think it so regrettable that he was killed, but that is just my opinion. Yes it may have been better to have captured him to be able to interrogate him in hopes of getting some great info; but we had already lost him once before when he escaped from a U.S. prison in Afghanistan. Why bother taking a chance he would escape again, and maybe kill a few of the good guys the next time around. So we did not get any more info out of him, but the Brits assured he will kill no more. That has got to be a good thing. Good riddance, and good work!
All the best,
Glenn B
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