Al Qaeda’s Mosul Leader Killed by TF 88 Troops

Another great job by U.S. Special operations personnel.

Hat Tip, Bill Roggio and his Long War Journal. Click the post title for a redirect to his fine site.

US special operations forces scored a major victory in Mosul today. US forces killed al Qaeda’s emir or leader of the northern Iraqi city during a raid on a safe house.
The emir, who has not been named, was killed after a special operations forces team from Task Force 88, the hunter-killer teams assigned to take down terrorists in Iraq, stormed a building in Mosul. The commandos opened fire after one of the terrorists attempted to detonate his suicide vest was shot and another reached for a pistol. A woman with the group attempted to detonate the vest on the dead al Qaeda operative.