Post by trubble on Jan 9, 2009 9:12:13 GMT
english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/01/20091961121532305.html
The chief of al-Qaeda's operations in Pakistan and a top lieutenant are believed to be dead, a US counterterrorism official has said
The two men were also on the FBI's list of most wanted terrorism suspects and had been indicted for the 1998 bombings of US embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, and believed to have trained operatives to travel to the US and Europe.
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5479455.ece
The head of al-Qaeda in Pakistan and his lieutenant have been killed, US and Pakistan security sources confirmed today.
Usama al-Kini, al-Qaeda operations chief in Pakistan, and his lieutenant Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan, were on the FBI's list of most wanted terrorism suspects. Believed to have been responsible for the Marriott Hotel bombing in Islamabad last September, which killed 55 people, they died as a result of a US hellfire missile attack on a militant hideout in the South Waziristan tribal region on New Year's Day.
"These deaths are a significant near-term degradation of al-Qaeda's leadership," a US counter-terrorism official said. His comments echoed public remarks by Bush administration officials, who are increasingly confident that al-Qaeda's central command structure has been significantly weakened, despite the fact that the terrorist group’s top leaders - Osama bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al Zawahri - remain at large.
Al-Kini was thought to be behind the attack on the Marriott Hotel, which was destroyed by a suicide bomber, as well as an attempted assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who was later killed during a political rally in December 2007.
Great. Hooray!
I guess...
I mean, does this mean 'we' are any nearer to winning something?
Two Questions:
1. Why can they not find Osama Bin Laden?
2. How can a mere one or two people be so active and behind so much terrorism? It's like comic book villains where there's one big baddie who can foil everyone else on the planet and a superhero has to save everyone...that's unbelievable isn't it? How does that happen?
One more question:
Did anyone here see the film Lions For Lambs?
The chief of al-Qaeda's operations in Pakistan and a top lieutenant are believed to be dead, a US counterterrorism official has said
The two men were also on the FBI's list of most wanted terrorism suspects and had been indicted for the 1998 bombings of US embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, and believed to have trained operatives to travel to the US and Europe.
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5479455.ece
The head of al-Qaeda in Pakistan and his lieutenant have been killed, US and Pakistan security sources confirmed today.
Usama al-Kini, al-Qaeda operations chief in Pakistan, and his lieutenant Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan, were on the FBI's list of most wanted terrorism suspects. Believed to have been responsible for the Marriott Hotel bombing in Islamabad last September, which killed 55 people, they died as a result of a US hellfire missile attack on a militant hideout in the South Waziristan tribal region on New Year's Day.
"These deaths are a significant near-term degradation of al-Qaeda's leadership," a US counter-terrorism official said. His comments echoed public remarks by Bush administration officials, who are increasingly confident that al-Qaeda's central command structure has been significantly weakened, despite the fact that the terrorist group’s top leaders - Osama bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al Zawahri - remain at large.
Al-Kini was thought to be behind the attack on the Marriott Hotel, which was destroyed by a suicide bomber, as well as an attempted assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who was later killed during a political rally in December 2007.
Great. Hooray!
I guess...
I mean, does this mean 'we' are any nearer to winning something?
Two Questions:
1. Why can they not find Osama Bin Laden?
2. How can a mere one or two people be so active and behind so much terrorism? It's like comic book villains where there's one big baddie who can foil everyone else on the planet and a superhero has to save everyone...that's unbelievable isn't it? How does that happen?
One more question:
Did anyone here see the film Lions For Lambs?