AL QAEDA LEADER NOMAN SALMAN KILLED IN IRAQ

 

 

Iraqi security forces said, on Friday 02/25/2011, they have killed the man considered to be the military leader of Al Qaeda in the country Noman Salman.

 

Al-Nasser Lideen Allah Abu Suleiman, also known as Noman Salman, was a leader of the Islamic State of Iraq – the Iraqi branch of Al Qaeda. He is believed to have been the group’s “war minister” since two of its other senior leaders were killed last year.

 

Noman Salman Abu Suleiman was shot dead in the town of Hit, west of Baghdad, say officials. “Based on intelligence, Iraqi security forces carried out the raid that killed him,” Maj Gen Qassim al-Moussawi told Reuters. He said US troops had not been involved in the operation.

 

Jassim al-Halbousi, the chairman of Anwar provincial council, said security forces tracked down Abu Suleiman while investigating an earlier suicide attack in nearby Ramadi which killed 11 people (see also – Ramadi 12.27.10).

 

As the troops approached, he fled in a car laden with explosives, which blew up as they opened fire,  the Associated Press quoted Mr Halbousi as saying.

 

Abu Suleiman succeeded Abu Ayyub al-Masri, the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq who was killed along with I.S.I leader Abu Omar al-Baghdadi in a joint operation by US and Iraq forces in April 2010 (see – Enouncement 04.19.10).

 

News of the death came as large-scale protests were held across Iraq demanding government reform and action against corruption. At least five people were killed as some of the protests turned violent.

 

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