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(AP)
“Sources: Zazi Had Contacts With Al-Qaida Leaders”
(October 15, 2009)
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“Terror suspect Najibullah Zazi was in touch with Al Qaeda leader Mustafa al-Yazid”
BY HELEN KENNEDY
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Updated Wednesday, October 14th 2009, 4:29 PM
SNIPPET: “Najibullah Zazi, 24, had contacts through a middleman with Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, the terror leader who earlier this year said he would use nukes on America if he could only get his hands on some.
Al-Yazid is an Egyptian who has worked closely with Osama bin Laden, Al Qaeda’s fugitive leader.”
SNIPPET: “Prosecutors say Zazi admitted when he was arrested last month that he “received instructions from Al Qaeda operatives on subjects such as weapons and explosives” during a trip to Pakistan in 2008.”
SNIPPET: “The feds say they found nine pages of handwritten bomb-making instructions in Zazi’s e-mail. The directions to make explosives of hydrogen peroxide and flour are similar to the bombs used by terrorists to bomb the London subway in 2005, killing 52 people.
Zazi and his friends bought up “unusual quantities of hydrogen and acetone products,” according to court papers. The store of chemicals has not been found.”
DEAD JIHADI UPDATE:
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/05/top_al_qaeda_leader_1.php
“Top al Qaeda leader Mustafa Abu Yazid confirmed killed in airstrike in North Waziristan”
By BILL ROGGIO
May 31, 2010
SNIPPET: “Mustafa Abu Yazid, who is also known as Sheikh Saeed al Masri, was killed in the May 21 Predator strike in the village of Mohammed Khel in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan. Datta Khel is a known al Qaeda hub in North Waziristan.
As Sahab, al Qaeda’s propaganda arm, released a statement announcing Yazid’s death on Al Ansar, a jihadist forum.”
SNIPPET: “Yazid is one of al Qaeda’s most important leaders, and he will be difficult to replace. He served as al Qaeda’s leader in Afghanistan and what the terror group refers to as the Khorasan, a region that encompasses large areas of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Iran. The Khorasan is considered by jihadists to be the place where they will inflict the first defeat against their enemies in the Muslim version of Armageddon. The final battle is to take place in the Levant - Israel, Syria, and Lebanon.
The 9-11 Commission identified Yazid as al Qaeda’s “chief financial manager.” In this role, Yazid was responsible for disbursing al Qaeda funds from what is known as the Bayt al Mal, al Qaeda’s treasury. This responsibility made Yazid one of the most trusted and important al Qaeda leaders. Because of this responsibility, Yazid is considered by some analysts to be al Qaeda’s third in command.
Yazid was a founding member of Ayman al Zawahiri’s branch of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, one of the original groups that merged to form al Qaeda. Yazid spent time in jail with Zawahiri after the assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in 1981.
He also served as a top propagandist. Yazid has appeared on propaganda tapes with senior Taliban leaders, and has announced the deaths of top al Qaeda leaders and operatives over the years.”