From Jihad Watch:
Three jihad-martyrdom suicide bombers storm Iraqi compound, murder anti-Al Qaeda cop
They were wearing police uniforms -- "war is deceit," after all, as Muhammad said. "3 suicide bombers used to kill tenacious Iraqi cop," by Barbara Surk for Associated Press, December 29 (thanks to JCB):
BAGHDAD - Police commander Lt. Col. Shamil al-Jabouri knew al-Qaida wanted him dead. He was renowned in the tense northern city of Mosul for his relentless pursuit of the terror group, and insurgents had tried at least five times to kill him for it. On the sixth attempt, al-Qaida left little to chance.
As al-Jabouri slept Wednesday morning on a couch in his office, three men wearing police uniforms over vests laden with explosives slipped through an opening in the blast walls surrounding the compound where his building stood, police said.
Police manning one of at least four observation towers surrounding the compound shot one of the attackers in a yard and his vest exploded. Under the cover of that blast, police said, the other two suicide bombers charged about 100 yards (90 meters) and made it into al-Jabouri's single-story building.
They detonated their vests simultaneously -- one at the door of al-Jabouri's office -- killing the commander instantly and injuring a policeman sleeping in a trailer nearby. The two blasts brought the whole building down, burying the slain commander under the rubble, police said.
The attack on the commander responsible for hunting al-Qaida in Mosul -- a former militant stronghold -- was a reminder of the significant gaps in Iraqi security, the challenges the new government will face in trying to close them and the lengths insurgents will go to take out people they perceive as threats....
An Al-Qaida affiliate, the Islamic State of Iraq, took responsibility in a statement posted on the Internet. It said al-Jabouri had been targeted several times before, but had not been deterred from fighting al-Qaida....
Peterson said that by killing officials like al-Jabouri, al-Qaida is trying to institute fear in the local population....
"Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into the hearts of the enemies of Allah..." -- Qur'an 8:60
Posted by Robert on December 30, 2010 5:33 AM
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