Al-Qaeda in Iraq has confirmed the death of one of its top militants, Abu Qaswarah, and called on followers to avenge his "martyrdom," a US group which monitors Islamist websites said on Wednesday. SITE Intelligence Group said the confirmation came in an audio message from Al-Qaeda in Iraq's leader Abu Omar al-Baghdadi posted on jihadist forums together with a ...

The purported leader of an al-Qaida front group in Iraq has released an audio eulogy for a top militant commander killed during a U.S. raid. It is the first confirmation of his death by the group. The Islamic State in Iraq's leader, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, describes slain ...

Abu Qaswarah, described as Al-Qaeda's number two in Iraq who was killed earlier this month by the US military, held Swedish citizenship, the Iraqi defence ministry said on Thursday. "Abu Qaswarah is a Swede of Moroccan origin," ministry spokesman General Mohammed al-Askari told AFP. The US military on Wednesday revealed that Abu Qaswarah had been killed on October 5 ...

The US military said on Wednesday that a foreign insurgent killed in the main northern Iraqi city of Mosul this month has been identified as Abu Qaswarah, Al-Qaeda's number two in Iraq. "Abu Qaswarah, also known as Abu Sara, was the Al-Qaeda in Iraq senior leader of northern Iraq," it said in a statement. It said Abu Qaswarah, a ...