*Shukrijumah* hmmm, the FBI still hasn’t verified his death.
Widow of ex-South Florida al Qaeda figure reported in Pakistan hostage swap
Nearly two years after Pakistan’s army said it killed fugitive terrorist leader and ex-Broward resident Adnan El Shukrijumah, the FBI still hasn’t verified his death. But recent news reports say al Qaeda recently claimed that Shukrijumah’s widow was one of three women released by Pakistan in exchange for the son of the country’s former army chief.
The other women reportedly handed over to al Qaeda in the exchange were the adult daughters of Ayman al Zawahiri, who took over as leader after Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces in May 2011.
The Long War Journal, a project of the nonprofit, nonpartisan Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, first reported the story Sept. 2. Al Qaeda’s unverified claims about the exchange were made in late August in Al Masra, a magazine published by an organization linked to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/broward/article105383261.html#storylink=cpy
Pentagon confirms airstrike targeting ‘Bin Laden-linked’ Nusra Front commander
The Pentagon has confirmed a US airstrike targeting senior Al-Nusra Front commander Abu Faraj al-Masri in Syria. Although the military says it is still assessing the results of the strike, the terror group has reportedly claimed the Al-Qaeda-linked cleric was killed.
The strike took place near the Syrian province of Idlib on Monday, Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said in a statement, noting that it targeted “Egyptian national Abu al-Farai al-Masri, aka Ahmad Salamah Mabruk, one of Al-Qaeda in Syria’s most senior leaders and a legacy Al-Qaeda terrorist who previously had ties to Osama bin Laden.” (snip)
https://www.rt.com/usa/361519-pentagon-airstrike-al-nusra/