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TERRORISM: Al-Zawahiri relative killed, family says (body guard of Osama bin Laden)
AKI ^ | 2006 Apr 20

Posted on 04/20/2006 8:39:16 PM PDT by Wiz

West Bank, 20 April (AKI) - The Palestinian son-in-law of al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed during an American bombing in Afghanistan several days ago, the French news agency AFP reports. Family members of Houssam Abdellatif Abu Bakr opened a mourning house for condolence visits in his home village near Jenin in the West Bank, shortly after news of his death was received. Abu Bakr, 32, was married to Fatima Al Zahra'a, a daughter of Zawahiri, and was father to four children, his relatives told AFP.

According to family, Abu Bakr was also "one of the main bodyguards" of Osama bin Laden. His parents, who have been living in Saudi Arabia since the 1970s, received a phone call on Wednesday "announcing the death of their son in an American bombardment in Afghanistan," said his relatives in Yaabad.

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216 posted on 04/20/2006 8:56:09 PM PDT by Cindy
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Well Murasel, another one bites the dust.


219 posted on 04/20/2006 9:20:14 PM PDT by Cindy
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