SULAYMANIYAH, Iraq (AP) — Two suspected al-Qaeda militants were killed in a shootout as U.S.-led forces intensified bombing on parts of northern Iraq that are believed to be controlled by an Islamic terrorist group, Kurdish officials said Wednesday.
Khaled al-Shami and Abdul al-Basir, killed in a firefight this week with Kurdish forces near the city of Halabja, were members of an Afghan-based al-Qaeda cell, according to Khosrow Gul Mohammad, chief of security for the Kurdish government here.
Khaled al-Shami and Abdul al-Basir, killed in a firefight this week with Kurdish forces near the city of Halabja, were members of an Afghan-based al-Qaeda cell, according to Khosrow Gul Mohammad, chief of security for the Kurdish government here.
