[Top] Al Qaeda Member Believed Killed

News.com.au ^ | 10/16/03

[Coop]

Al-Qaeda member believed killed
From correspondents in Pakistan
October 16, 2003

A TOP al-Qaeda leader is believed to have died in a recent operation launched by the Pakistani army in the northwestern tribal region bordering Afghanistan, Information Minister Sheikh Rashid said today.

"An important member of al-Qaeda was believed to be among those killed in the Angoor Adda operation," the minister told AFP.

"He had a bounty on his head which was very large."

Pakistan earlier this month launched a major operation against suspected al-Qaeda fighters in the border town of Angoor Adda in South Waziristan tribal area.

The day-long operation on October 2 left eight al-Qaeda suspects killed and another 18 arrested. Two Pakistan army soldiers were also killed in the encounter.

[Coop]

Good, informative link. Thank you

[Coop]

A little news to brighten up yer Virginia day!

[IGOTMINE]

Excellent.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Now he's smoking.

Don't tell the anti-smoking crowd.

[MattAMiller]

Zawahiri maybe? Or is that too much to hope for?

It can't be Binny himself, it would be too hard to keep that a secret.

[Coop]

-Big bounty on his head
-On the run
-Goes down in a firefight

I'm thinking it's Saddam Hussein.

[Coop]

BTTT

[patton]

Bumpus Magnimus

[Coop]

On a slightly different topic, Red Sox up 4-1 in the 3rd.

[patton]

I am rooting for the Cubs.

[Coop]

I am rooting for the Cubs.

Okay. But that's a different game.

And a different city.

And there's this goat wandering around the park...

[tob2]

Another one bites the dust!

[Coop]

There does seem to be good opportunity for upward mobility in an organization such as Al Qaeda. Slowly and surely our forces and our allies are capturing or terminating these roaches.