Graphic source: Multinational Forces Iraq
While most of the good news from the front arises from Sadr City lately, the pressure has been kept on al-Qaeda as well. A list of the 10 most senior al Qaeda leaders killed or captured in April and May is now available. In April and May, US and Iraqi security forces have killed or captured 50 senior members of al Qaeda over the past month. Of the ten senior al Qaeda leaders, five emirs, or leaders, one cell leader, and five facilitators and bomb makers have been nabbed. Mosul remains hot. Three of the leaders captured were in Mosul, and one was responsible for operations in Bayji, close to Mosul. AQ's last major ratline into Syria spans to the west from Mosul into Tal Afar and the crossing point at Sinjar.
The Long War Journal lists several AQ bagged:
Senior AQ operatives killed or captured in Mosul, Baghdad, Salahadin Province:
Mosul:
• Ibrahim Ahmad Umar Nasir al Sabawi: Al Qaeda's emir of eastern Mosul. Sabawi facilitated the movement of foreign al Qaeda operatives into Mosul and worked closely with Abu Yasir al Saudi, also know as Jar Allah, one of two Saudi al Qaeda leaders killed in a US airstrike in Mosul in February.
• Ayyad Jasim Muhammad 'Ali: Al Qaeda's emir for northeastern Mosul.
• Adnan Muhammad: An Al Qaeda cell leader in Mosul.
• Nawaf 'Ali Muhammad Sultan: An Al Qaeda suicide car bomb cell leader in Mosul.
• Husam Asim Sayid Mahmud: An al Qaeda suicide car bomb facilitator for Mosul.
Baghdad:
• Abbas’ ‘Abd Ahmad Hamad: An al Qaeda car bomb maker for the South Karkh network.
• Riyad 'Abbas Husayn: Al Qaeda's sharia emir, or religious leader in charge of enforcing al Qaeda's Taliban-like religious rule, in South Karkh.
• Sa'ad Abdullah Salih: An al Qaeda bomb maker who facilitated the movement of foreign al Qaeda operatives into Baghdad.
Salahadin Province:
• Yusif Dhalaf 'Abd Fayyad: Al Qaeda's security emir in Bayji.
• Najah Husayn 'Ali Ismail: An Al Qaeda weapons facilitator in Tikrit.
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