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Three al-Qaeda leaders killed in US attack (the Libi raid)
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| 5 Feb. 2008
Posted on 02/05/2008 4:44:09 AM PST by Dog
Kuwait City, 5 Feb. (AKI) - The US air raid that killed al-Qaeda leader Abu Layth al-Libi in Pakistan is reported to have also killed three other leaders from the terrorist network.
According to the Kuwaiti daily, al-Watan, two Kuwaitis and a Libyan also died in the missile attack conducted by a Predator aircraft on January 25 in Mir Ali, in North Waziristan on the border of Afghanistan.
The daily said the attack was aimed at what was believed to have been an al-Qaeda summit meeting. Abu Obeida Tawari al-Obeidi and Abu Adel al-Kuwaiti were reportedly there with al-Libi.
Abu Adel al-Kuwaiti came from Saudi Arabia but always lived in Kuwait.
Mubarak al-Badhali, a Kuwaiti supporter of Islamic fundamentalism, remembers him well.
"In 2003 he asked me how he could reach Iraq, but I did not want to help him to get to Afghanistan so first he had to go to Iran where he stayed around a month," said Badhali.
"Then he went to Syria where he stayed two weeks and from there he tried unsuccessfully to enter Iraq," he said. "After that he decided to go to Afghanistan.
"He was welcomed on the border by the imam of a mosque that took him to Waziristan (in northern Pakistan)."
According to well-informed sources, quoted in the Arab newpaper, al Hayat, al-Libi was the leader of an al-Qaeda delegation that reportedly met the Pakistani Taliban leader, Beitallah Mehsoud, whom intelligence services blame for the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.
He was accompanied at the meeting by a senior Libyan al-Qaeda leader, Abdel Ghaffar al-Darnawi.
He was said to be responsible for establishing a link with Iran and moved to Afghanistan only eight months before the air raid to fight on the front line against the Americans.
The Pakistan government has said very little about the US attack which was widely regarded as a strategic victory against al-Qaeda.
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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To: Dog
The Democratic leadership is profoundly sad that violence seemed the only recourse.
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posted on
02/05/2008 6:17:43 AM PST
by
ExSoldier
(Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
To: Dog
" 'In 2003 he asked me how he could reach Iraq, but I did not want to help him to get to Afghanistan so first he had to go to Iran where he stayed around a month,' said Badhali.Something wrong with that sentence.
However, the article is very informative. Iran. Saudi. Kuwait.
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posted on
02/05/2008 6:22:39 AM PST
by
cake_crumb
(American Conservative Union prez endorsed ROMNEY over McCain. 'Nuff said.)
To: Straight Vermonter
"Do they have something big going in North Africa? Or is this just routine for them?"...Or are they planning another attack on US or other Western interests?
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posted on
02/05/2008 6:24:16 AM PST
by
cake_crumb
(American Conservative Union prez endorsed ROMNEY over McCain. 'Nuff said.)
To: cake_crumb
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posted on
02/05/2008 6:25:15 AM PST
by
cake_crumb
(American Conservative Union prez endorsed ROMNEY over McCain. 'Nuff said.)
To: prairiebreeze; Dog
3-4-5?... It really doesn’t matter to me. As long as the numbers keep on going up, I’m happy.
Thanks for the great post, Dog. Brightens my day considerably.
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posted on
02/05/2008 6:29:40 AM PST
by
AFPhys
((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
To: cake_crumb
...Or are they planning another attack on US or other Western interests? AQM has killed tourists and attacked the Israeli embassy in Mauritania, gotten the Dakar Rally cancelled, and set off car bombs in tourist areas Algeria.
I think they are going to continue to attack western targets in N. Africa.
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posted on
02/05/2008 6:33:45 AM PST
by
Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
To: Dog
“Mubarak al-Badhali, a Kuwaiti supporter of Islamic fundamentalism, remembers him well.”
There he is! Shoot him! If this guy is a supporter of Islamic fundamentalism, he’s an enemy of the US. I don’t think we have a chance when we let people like this walk freely in their country, a country who’s supposed to be our friend.
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posted on
02/05/2008 6:43:31 AM PST
by
demshateGod
(the GOP is dead to me)
To: Straight Vermonter
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posted on
02/05/2008 6:44:36 AM PST
by
cake_crumb
(American Conservative Union prez endorsed ROMNEY over McCain. 'Nuff said.)
To: Dog
I hope there were scores of Lackeys with the trio.
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posted on
02/05/2008 6:52:50 AM PST
by
OJDIDIT2
To: Dog
Three al-Qaeda leaders killed in US attack
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posted on
02/05/2008 7:01:29 AM PST
by
frogjerk
To: jveritas; FARS; Ernest_at_the_Beach; knighthawk; Marine_Uncle; SandRat; Steel Wolf; CAP; ...
More news on the our recent successful attack on al Qaeda in Pakistan.
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posted on
02/05/2008 7:15:55 AM PST
by
elhombrelibre
(Al Qaeda: enemy of civilization and humanity.)
To: Dog
Our taxpayer dollars at work. ;o)
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posted on
02/05/2008 8:06:31 AM PST
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(Elections have consequences.)
To: Dog
Our taxpayer dollars at work. ;o)
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posted on
02/05/2008 8:06:41 AM PST
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(Elections have consequences.)
To: Dog
Playing in my head is that song: “Another one bites the dust”.
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posted on
02/05/2008 8:23:37 AM PST
by
Just Lori
(There is nothing democrat-"ic" about democrats.)
To: Dog
Wonderful!....The hills are alight with the sound of music!
To: Dog
sounds like we got quite a bang for that taxpayer funded missile.I'll say! And many returns!
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posted on
02/05/2008 9:06:13 AM PST
by
GVnana
To: voletti; GOPJ; Tigen; AliVeritas; Grimmy; gonzo; DeaconBenjamin; indcons; sukhoi-30mki; ...
Pakistan ۋﮧ۱م
FReepmail if you want on or off
To: elhombrelibre
Hopefully the start of a real effort to clean out all the rat nests on the Paki side.
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posted on
02/05/2008 9:17:35 AM PST
by
Marine_Uncle
(Duncan Hunter for POTUS)
To: Dog
That was some pretty good intel we had, then!
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posted on
02/05/2008 9:32:34 AM PST
by
tlj18
(Romney is the only acceptable choice the remains... don't let McCain-Huckabee happen!!!)
To: cake_crumb
"Do they have something big going in North Africa? Or is this just routine for them?"Chad?
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posted on
02/05/2008 11:59:09 AM PST
by
fella
(Is he al-taquiya or is he murtadd? Only his iman knows for sure.)
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