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Al-Qaida Suffers Further Casualties in Iraq

By Evan Kohlmann

In the wake of several high-profile attacks by Al-Qaida operatives on U.S. military helicopters in central Iraq in April and May, supporters of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's movement have announced the "martyrdom" of numerous members of Al-Qaida's Aeisha Brigade (which specializes in anti-aircraft missions) near the Iraqi town of Al-Yusifiyah. Separately, Palestinian Al-Qaida supporters have announced the "martyrdom" of Abu Jaffar al-Maqdisi, a former senior aide to Zarqawi from the Ain el-Hilweh Refugee Camp in south Lebanon who allegedly was one of the masked militants featured alongside Zarqawi in a video released in April 2006.

- Martyrdom will of Abu Jaffar al-Maqdisi (South Lebanon)
- Abu Usama al-Tunisi (Tunisian leader of Aeisha Brigade)
- Abu Rabieh al-Ghamdi (Saudi member of Aeisha Brigade)
- Biography of two Qatari members of Aeisha Brigade

See also: - Palestinian Asbat al-Ansar members killed in Iraq
Video: April 2006 video of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Video: "The Role of Foreign Fighters in the Iraqi Jihad"

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