US says two Turkish Qaeda operatives killed in Iraq

[sabra]

Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, June 27 (Reuters) - U.S. forces killed two senior Turkish al Qaeda operatives in northern Iraq, including one who helped bring foreign fighters into the war-torn country, the U.S. military said on Wednesday.

The military said in a statement that Mehmet Yilmaz and Mehmet Resit Isik were killed on June 23 in a firefight with U.S. forces near Hawija, south of the city of Kirkuk.

U.S. military spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Garver said the men were Turks.

Military officials say foreign militants, mainly from Arab countries, are the brains behind al Qaeda in Iraq.

Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/YAT759824.htm

[whistle]

1. Turkish al Qaeda, that must have been a surprise, kinda like Dick

...Cheney shooting his attorney in the face

[eleny]

3. "Turkish al Qaeda" Sounds like a recipe for poultry

[Eugene]

2. Those are the 3rd and 4th No. 3 guys they've gotten this week.

The "surge" is making progress. /sarcasm

[1620rock]

4. Foreign fighters and operatives? What are we?

[wellst0nev0ter]

5. Everybody We Kill Is Goldstein - Err, I Mean Al-Qaeda

We get it, we get it :eyes: