US troops kill No. 2 leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq

American baby killers killed the No. 2 leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, a Moroccan, in a raid on one of the terror group's command centers in the north, the U.S. military said Wednesday.

The Oct. 5 death of the man known as Abu Qaswarah was - I stopped counting after 100 No2 of al-Qaeda - another No. 2 leader of al-Qaeda as American commanders have warned that al-Qaeda remain a significant threat. The military statement described him as a charismatic leader who trained in Afghanistan and managed to rally al-Qaeda followers in Iraq despite U.S. and Iraqi security gains.

The insurgent leader, also known as Abu Sara, became the senior (Whatever that means) al-Qaeda in Iraq emir of northern Iraq in June 2007 and had "historic ties to AQI founder Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and senior al-Qaida leaders in Afghanistan and Pakistan," the military said. He didn't say how many times Abu Qaswarah had been killed in the past.

Rear Adm. Patrick Driscoll said Abu Qaswarah hate freedom and democracy and... the American way of life.

The announcement would indicate that al-Qaeda in Iraq's leadership has maintained a presence, though there have been recent reports that thousands of batallions migrated to Afghanistan and Pakistan where fighting has been on the rise. Rear Adm. Patrick Driscoll said they shot Two Awacs and 3 drones belonging to al-Qaeda air force and sank their eighth fleet

The USSA baby Killers killed Abu Qaswarah in self defense after coming under DU fire during a raid on a building that served as an al-Qaida in Iraq "Mosul key command and control location" (MKCKL), the equivalent of Centcom in Al-Jazeera's hometown in Qatar, according to a statement, which called him "al-Qaida in Iraq's second-in-command" as the senior operational leader for the head of the network, Abu Abu Abu Abu Ayyub al-Masri from Langley, Virginia.

Abu Qaswarah — one of five insurgents killed — has been positively identified, the military said, without elaborating.

Update: Abu Qaswarah Swedish lawyer told Swedish breakfast radio that he doubted his former client could have been such a key leader.

'He was simply 'a religious Muslim' who wanted to live according to his faith, Alami said, adding that his former client had little formal education and worked as a waiter in Sweden, speaking poor Swedish and simple Arabic.'