Operational Security

clipped from www.captainsquartersblog.com The US has captured the al-Qaeda terrorist who masterminded the assassination of the leader of Anbar Awakening. Intelligence following the murder pinned it on Fallah Khalifa Hiyas Fayyas al-Jumayli, who got captured outide of a town north of Baghdad: US forces in Iraq say they have seized a suspected al-Qaeda militant believed to have been behind the killing last week of a Sunni tribal leader. American intel has Jumayli at the head of the AQI offensive against Anbar Awakening leaders.announced just yesterday. If true, that indicates that AQI has a real problem maintaining operational security. The ability to identify and locate Jumayli within hours of that threat and a couple of days after the assassination shows how effective anti-AQI intel has become. Iraqis have had it with AQI. Without widespread participation on intel from ordinary Iraqis, the US could not have identified and located this AQI cell -- and AQI leadership knows it, too. That's why they targeted Anbar Awakening