Senior Member of the Islamic State of Iraq Killed

Via SITE -

The Islamic State of Iraq, an umbrella insurgency group consisting of various jihadi factions including al-Qaeda in Iraq, issued to jiahdist forums today, Thursday, May 3, 2007, a statement denying the killing of its emir, but confirming the death of its official spokesman, Abu Abdullah al-Jabouri AKA Muhareb al-Jabouri. U.S. military officials announced today the death of Muhareb Abdul Latif al-Jabouri in a military operation in Western Baghdad; however, the Iraqi Interior Ministry alleged that Jabouri was also the identiy of Abu Omar al-Baghdadi. The Islamic State clarifies the difference between the two individuals, and assures that the Emir of the Believers is among his people, and if he was killed, they would not hesitate to announce it as the “flag of our jihad can only rise by the blood of the leaders before the soldiers, and the tree of victory can only be watered by the blood of the martyrs.”

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So the Islamic State of Iraq is confirming that Abu Abdullah al-Jabouri was killed, but not Omar al-Baghdadi.

Abdul Kareem Khalaf, spokeman for Iraq’s interior ministry, claims that Mr. Jubouri was also Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the supposed leader of the Islamic State of Iraq, an umbrella organization for several Sunni groups including Al Qaeda in Iraq.

Of course, this calls into question the May 1st report stating that the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, was killed north of Baghdad.

See the confusion? Due to the lack of solid OSINT relating to Masri & Baghdadi...who really knows who is who.

A senior member of an insurgent group was killed...THAT we know.