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Saudi coordinator of human bomb attacks in Mosul killed

Arab News:

The US military in Iraq yesterday said that a Saudi man who supplied and coordinated suicide bombers in Iraq had been shot dead along with another unidentified “terrorist” in the northern city of Mosul.

“Coalition forces killed Abu Khaled, a major facilitator of foreign fighters and suicide bombers in northern Iraq, during operations in Mosul” on Thursday, the US military said in a statement.

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The US military said tips from local residents and intelligence sources led the forces to a location in Mosul, 370 km north of Baghdad, where Khaled was located.

“Upon arrival at the location, the forces stopped his vehicle, a gunfight immediately ensued and Khaled and an unidentified terrorist were shot and killed,” the military added.

It said some detainees had alleged that Khaled had contacted his accomplices in Saudi Arabia to coordinate the movement of foreign fighters and suicide bombers into northern Iraq.

“Once in Mosul, he allegedly directed the distribution of foreign fighters and suicide bombers to the various terrorist cells operating in Mosul,” the military added.

“According to detainee reports, Khaled supplied them with money, weapons and bombmaking materials. Detainees further stated these resources were from donations from the same Saudi contacts who recruited and sent the foreign fighters to Mosul,” the US military said.

More evidence that the US is winning the battle for the hearts and minds, i.e. "The US military said tips from local residents and intelligence sources led the forces to a location in Mosul." The story also has an interesting hint of details of the Saudi connection to the human bomb attacks. Hopefully the detainees gave the US some names and locations. This story about the arrest of 41 al Qaeda ops, suggest that perhaps the detainees did.