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Al-Qaida Mourns Slain Saudi Insurgent Commander in Iraq

By Evan Kohlmann

Supporters of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's Al-Qaida faction in Iraq have released the biography of 25-year old Saudi mujahideen commander Khallad al-Najdi (a.k.a. Khaled al-Mani), a former resident of Riyadh, killed in clashes with coalition forces during mid-January 2006.  According to the document, Khallad had successfully risen through the ranks to become a deputy commander of an elite Al-Qaida special forces unit in central Iraq known as the "Lions of al-Tawheed" that was reputedly operating under the direct orders of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.  Khallad's unit was trained particularly in urban warfare and "and incorporated tactics used by the [American] marines."

Click to view English translation of biography c/o Globalterroralert.com

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