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Mastermind of Marriott attack killed by drone
Daily Times [Pakistan] ^ | January 10, 2009

Posted on 01/11/2009 7:23:48 PM PST by Lorianne

WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD: Al Qaeda’s operations chief in Pakistan and a top aide have been killed, Pakistani officials confirmed on Friday.

Operations chief Osama Al-Kini was thought responsible for attacks including the bombing of Marriott hotel in Islamabad and an unsuccessful attempt to kill former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. Al-Kini and his lieutenant Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan, both Kenyans, were killed in a missile strike in South Waziristan on January 1.

Security officials in Islamabad said Al-Kini’s killing would relieve the security apparatus of a ‘big worry’. agencies


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: adiosmofo; ahmedsalimswedan; alkini; alqaeda; alqaedapakistan; alqaida; drone; gwot; islamabad; killed; marriott; osamaalkini; pakistan; predator; swedan; uav; waronterror; wot

1 posted on 01/11/2009 7:23:49 PM PST by Lorianne
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To: Lorianne

Oh no, not Kenyans.


2 posted on 01/11/2009 7:25:47 PM PST by jennyjenny
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To: Lorianne

And hell burns brighter.


3 posted on 01/11/2009 7:26:08 PM PST by reagan_fanatic ("You got that, camera guy?")
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To: Lorianne

Good one


4 posted on 01/11/2009 7:26:35 PM PST by yldstrk (My heros have always been cowboys--Reagan and Bush)
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To: Lorianne
Is this the same Sheikh Ammed Salin Swedan? If so, he 'had' a $5,000,000 price tag on his head.
5 posted on 01/11/2009 8:17:08 PM PST by xJones (How can you think out of the box when you work in a cube?)
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To: Lorianne

Kenyans. Nice. In 9 days, we get a Kenyan as “president”. Isn’t that special?


6 posted on 01/11/2009 8:31:03 PM PST by TheConservativeParty ("A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not why the ship was built." by The First Gal of AK)
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To: Lorianne

Well in a few more day we’ll have a Kenyan running this country..


7 posted on 01/11/2009 8:40:35 PM PST by prophetic (God, let Obama speak utter foolishness and confound the wisdom of his counselors)
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To: Lorianne

Nothing like a good bed-time story.


8 posted on 01/11/2009 11:45:56 PM PST by acliffhang3r
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