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Senior Al-Qaeda Leader Killed in Syria Airstrike
RT ^ | October 17, 2015 | RT

Posted on 10/17/2015 12:40:23 PM PDT by marvel5

A senior leader from Al-Nusra Front, Al-Qaeda’s branch in Syria, has been reportedly killed alongside two other members of the terrorist group in the province of Aleppo.

Sanafi Al-Nasr, who was allegedly killed in an airstrike near the town of Dana, was Al-Qaeda’s senior strategist and an important power broker, the Iranian Fars news agency reports, citing jihadist sources close to the killed militant leader.

Al-Nusra released several photos showing a car hit by an air strike along with several bodies of the dead militants, although their identities were not verified. However, jihadists claimed on social media that Al-Nasr had been killed.

Other photos published by the terrorist organization show the alleged graves of Al-Nasr and two other militants who were killed in an airstrike.

(Excerpt) Read more at rt.com ...


TOPICS: Syria
KEYWORDS: alnasr; alnusra; alqaeda; syria
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1 posted on 10/17/2015 12:40:23 PM PDT by marvel5
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Al-Nusra? Isn’t that one of Obama’s moderate jihadists?


2 posted on 10/17/2015 12:44:24 PM PDT by AU72
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To: marvel5

How old do you have to be to get “senior” status in a terror group?


3 posted on 10/17/2015 12:50:01 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: marvel5

Who was air strike conducted by? Syria? Russia? USA ?


4 posted on 10/17/2015 12:50:25 PM PDT by zwerni (this isn't gonna be good for business)
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To: marvel5

Sarah Palin’s favorite senator will be so disappointed.


5 posted on 10/17/2015 12:50:43 PM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: zwerni

Isis?


6 posted on 10/17/2015 12:51:05 PM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: zwerni

RT.com. It was the Russians. However, this is reported by Fars. It’s probably untrue.


7 posted on 10/17/2015 12:52:21 PM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: marvel5

A senior strategist? Not good enough.

How tough is it to slash and blowup everything you encounter?

Meanwhile we import a ticking time bomb in the name of humanity..


8 posted on 10/17/2015 12:52:26 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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To: marvel5

It was probably the No. 2 guy. It’s not good to be the No. 2 guy, they’ve got a big bull’s eye on the top of their hat.


9 posted on 10/17/2015 12:52:33 PM PDT by centurion316
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To: zwerni

From the article:

“The jihadists did not specify if he was killed in a Russian airstrike or in an attack carried out by the US-led coalition. Some militants claimed on social media, it was a ‘Crusader coalition’ that delivered the strike.”

I don’t know whether “Crusader coalition” refers to Russia or US.


10 posted on 10/17/2015 12:53:10 PM PDT by marvel5
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To: marvel5

Score this one for the Crusaders


11 posted on 10/17/2015 12:55:31 PM PDT by Sasparilla
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To: demshateGod

Additional evidence is cited in the article:

“[J]jihadists claimed on social media that Al-Nasr had been killed.

Other photos published by the terrorist organization show the alleged graves of Al-Nasr and two other militants who were killed in an airstrike.

The death of Sanafi Al-Nasr, whose real name was Abdul Mohsen Abdallah Ibrahim Al-Charekh, was also confirmed by the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, who claimed the jihadist leader was killed on Thursday.”


12 posted on 10/17/2015 12:57:02 PM PDT by marvel5
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Sanafi Al-Nasr dead? Awww, that's too bad...
13 posted on 10/17/2015 12:57:46 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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To: marvel5

Washington is probably going to complain about Russia targeting an ally.


14 posted on 10/17/2015 12:59:30 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: Sasparilla
too bad they didn't have the M1 back then...

15 posted on 10/17/2015 1:04:41 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
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To: marvel5

http://www.independentsentinel.com/al-qaeda-takes-a-lead-in-syria-us-sends-money-without-any-accounting/

Al Qaeda Takes a Lead in Syria, US Sends Money Without Any Accounting
by S. Noble • March 7, 2014

. . . .
Nasr is a bin Laden cousin and a trusted player in al Qaeda. His brothers are long-time terrorists and two were in GITMO. They were released by George Bush and later attempted to commit an act of terrorism against US interests in Saudi Arabia. They were arrested in that country and little has been heard of them since.

. . . .

SSG has allies in U.S. Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham on the Republican side, and Bob Casey, Robert Menendez, and Dianne Feinstein, who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, on the Democratic side and in the White House.

SSG is supposedly a conduit for a flow of information from the Supreme Military Council and the US government. They also lobby Congress for aid money.

The British Foreign Office has demanded that SSG repay thousands of pounds it was granted by the UK because the money was improperly spent. The US just sends money.


Prima facie case for providing material support to terrorists.


16 posted on 10/17/2015 1:05:01 PM PDT by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR!)
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To: marvel5

Link has pic of his body and says it was the Russians airstrike that killed him
https://twitter.com/Terror_Monitor/status/655347051631276032


17 posted on 10/17/2015 1:09:37 PM PDT by Lera (Proverbs 29:2)
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To: marvel5

Was he buried at sea as is the Muslim tradition?


18 posted on 10/17/2015 1:10:30 PM PDT by McGruff (Trump-Cruz 2016. Make America Great Again.)
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To: marvel5

Was there any car swarm pics?


19 posted on 10/17/2015 1:10:35 PM PDT by batterycommander (- a little more rubble, a lot less trouble.)
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20 posted on 10/17/2015 1:11:48 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (B. Hussein Obama: 20 acts of Treason and counting.)
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