Wissam al-Waili aka Abu Qadir

Previously noted in Morning Report, but I think this fellow deserves his own obituary.  Twenty-three-year-old Abu Qadir got his virgins on Friday, May 25.  The Telegraph:  'Wissam al-Waili, 23, also known as Abu Qadir, was shot and killed along with his brother and two aides during the battle.  The Mahdi Army of radical Shia Muqtada al-Sadr is fiercely opposed to the presence of US and British troops in Iraq. However, the militia has lowered its profile since US-led forces began a security crackdown in Baghdad in February.  The gunbattle began about 4pm when British forces attempted to arrest al-Waili after he left a mosque in Jumhoriyah a middle class, residential area in central Basra, police said.'

IraqSlogger has more:

Conflicting reports indicate Abu Qadir, also known as Wissam al-Waili, was confronted by security forces either while leaving a mosque or the Sadrist office, and died in an ensuing gunfight, along with one or possibly two of his aides.

"A force from Iraqi army and British troops killed today at 3:00 pm two leading figures from Mahdi army in central Basra," one source, who asked not to be named, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).

Britian's The Sun reported that Wissam al-Waili, 23, also known as Abu Qadir, was shot and killed along with his brother and two aides during the battle in the southern Iraqi city this afternoon.

The gunbattle began when British forces attempted to arrest al-Waili after he left a mosque in Jumhoriyah a middle class, residential area in central Basra, police told The Sun, reporting that Al-Waili and his three companions opened fire and were killed in the exchange.

British military spokesman Major David Gell said Abu Qadir and at least one aide were shot shortly after leaving Sadr's offices in the centre of the city, in an operation authorized by the Iraqi government.

According to Gell, Iraq security forces led the operation, with British troops acting as advisers.

Dreams Into Lightning formally welcomes Abu Qadir to the Dead Terrorists department.