Islamist group leader killed north of Karbala – source

KARBALA / IraqiNews.com: Iraqi soldiers killed the commander of the so-called Islamic Army group in the area of al-Furat al-Awsat after tracking him down between the provinces of Karbala and Baghdad, an army source said on Saturday. “The Iraqi soldiers killed Abdelhadi Abees al-Janabi, the commander of the so-called Islamic Army, in al-Furat al-Awsat,” the source, who asked not to be named, told IraqiNews.com. “Janabi was killed in the area of Djerf al-Sakhr of Babel province, (60 km) north of Karbala,” he said, not giving more details. Al-Furat al-Awsat, a geographical area in southern and central Iraq at the Euphrates River Basin, encompasses the provinces of Najaf, Karbala, Diwaniya and Babel and sometimes al-Muthanna. Karbala lies 110 km southwest of Baghdad. AmR (P) 1