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By Bill Roggio
billroggio.com/images/maps/Qaim%20Area-SAT-thumb.jpgInsurgents and foreign fighters continue to take a beating on the border. Yesterday, a senior al Qaeda fighter in the region was targeted with precision air strikes while conducting a meeting with other local commanders. Abu Mahmud is described as a Saudi commanding multiple terror cells in Husaybah, with connections to other facilitators in Qaim, Karabilah, and Husaybah. “Mahmud directed, planned and executed a large amount of the foreign fighter attacks on Iraqi security and Coalition forces, to include most SVBIED and IED attacks. He was also personally active in direct attacks against Iraqi and Coalition forces.” Two other safe houses were destroyed in the strikes.
Today, based on tips from citizens in Husaybah, ten foreign fighters were killed after Coalition forces conducted raids on suspected safe houses. CENTCOM describes the series of raids in Husaybah.
During the raids, which occurred simultaneously in two separate neighborhoods of Husaybah, Coalition forces were engaged by numerous terrorists. Firefights developed at both locations, during which Coalition forces called in close air support and destroyed both of the terrorist strongholds.
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billroggio.com/images/maps/Qaim%20Area-SAT-thumb.jpgInsurgents and foreign fighters continue to take a beating on the border. Yesterday, a senior al Qaeda fighter in the region was targeted with precision air strikes while conducting a meeting with other local commanders. Abu Mahmud is described as a Saudi commanding multiple terror cells in Husaybah, with connections to other facilitators in Qaim, Karabilah, and Husaybah. “Mahmud directed, planned and executed a large amount of the foreign fighter attacks on Iraqi security and Coalition forces, to include most SVBIED and IED attacks. He was also personally active in direct attacks against Iraqi and Coalition forces.” Two other safe houses were destroyed in the strikes.
Today, based on tips from citizens in Husaybah, ten foreign fighters were killed after Coalition forces conducted raids on suspected safe houses. CENTCOM describes the series of raids in Husaybah.
During the raids, which occurred simultaneously in two separate neighborhoods of Husaybah, Coalition forces were engaged by numerous terrorists. Firefights developed at both locations, during which Coalition forces called in close air support and destroyed both of the terrorist strongholds.
read the rest