Posted on 08/12/2008 9:44:29 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Senior Al Qaeda commander Abu Saeed al-Masri was killed in recent clashes with Pakistani forces near the Afghan border, a security official said on Tuesday.
"He was believed to be among the top leadership of al Qaeda," the senior security official said on condition of anonymity.
Al-Masri, which means "the Egyptian," was the most senior al Qaeda operative to have been killed in Pakistan's tribal belt since the death of his compatriot, Abu Khabab al-Masri, an Qaeda chemical and biological weapons expert, last month.
Television channels identified the dead man as Mustafa Abu al-Yazid and said he was also known as Abu Saeed al-Masri.
He was killed in recent clashes in the Bajaur tribal region, a known sanctuary for al Qaeda operatives on the Afghan border, the security official said.
Yazid, commander of al Qaeda operations in Afghanistan, was an Egyptian who served time in jail with al Qaeda deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri after the assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in 1981.
He has been referred to as al Qaeda's third most senior figure, after the elimination or capture of five earlier occupants of the number three spot since 2001.
Earlier, the September 11 Commission described Yazid as the network's "chief financial manager."
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Was this recent? Seems like we got a big guy a couple weeks ago...was that someone else?
Either way, way to go, men!!!
God Bless our troops and their families
I read further on FR and answered my own question.
FR rocks as does the US of A
Al-Masri, which means “the Egyptian”, was the most senior al Qaeda operative to have been killed in Pakistan’s tribal belt since the death of his compatriot, Abu Khabab al-Masri, an Qaeda chemical and biological weapons expert, last month.
Good - I hate this guy.
Number 4 -you’ve been promoted to number 3-NO,NO,not that!
No wonder the good Dr. Zawahri sent out a pissed off audio this week. I think he may be next in line. Being number three seems to be a deadly spot to occupy in the Al Qaeda heirarchy.
The circle is getting smaller.
I think we got the whole senior class by now.
And so is the noose................
Thanks!
I’m a little confused. We keep killing “Top al-Qaeda leaders”, but this group of thugs and murderers is still with us.
How many top al-Qaeda leaders do we have to kill before we have effectively shut it down?
My Pen Rai Krup.
Al Qaeda's commander in Afghanistan rumored killed in Pakistan
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Unconfirmed reports from Pakistan indicate that Mustafa Abu Yazid, al Qaeda's commander in Afghanistan, has been killed during the heavy fighting in Pakistan's tribal agency of Bajaur.
The report of Yazid's death is based on statements made by an unnamed senior Pakistani security official. Pakistani television claimed Abu Saeed al Masri was killed in fighting in Bajaur. Yazid is also known as Sheikh Saeed and Abu Saeed al Masri (the Egyptian).
But it is unclear if this Abu Saeed al Masri is the same person as Yazid. Other al Qaeda operatives go by the name of Sheikh Saeed, a senior US military intelligence official warned The Long War Journal.
All of them works for me.
BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
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