Three al-Qaeda leaders killed in US attack (the Libi raid)

www.adnkronos.com ^ | 5 Feb. 2008

[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.

[ExSoldier]

The Democratic leadership is profoundly sad that violence seemed the only recourse.

[cake_crumb]

" '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.

[cake_crumb]

"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?

[cake_crumb]

Oh, and Libya.

[AFPhys]

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.

[Straight Vermonter]

...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.

[demshateGod]

“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.

[cake_crumb]

Ah. Turf war.

[OJDIDIT2]

I hope there were scores of Lackeys with the trio.

[frogjerk]

Three al-Qaeda leaders killed in US attack

[elhombrelibre]

More news on the our recent successful attack on al Qaeda in Pakistan.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Our taxpayer dollars at work. ;o)

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Our taxpayer dollars at work. ;o)

[Just Lori]

Playing in my head is that song: “Another one bites the dust”.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Wonderful!....The hills are alight with the sound of music!

[GVnana]

sounds like we got quite a bang for that taxpayer funded missile.

I'll say! And many returns!

[G8 Diplomat]

Pakistan ۋﮧ۱م

FReepmail if you want on or off

[Marine_Uncle]

Hopefully the start of a real effort to clean out all the rat nests on the Paki side.

[tlj18]

That was some pretty good intel we had, then!

[fella]

"Do they have something big going in North Africa? Or is this just routine for them?"

Chad?