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Key Al Qaeda Figure Accidentally Blows Himself Up, U.S. Officials Say
FOX NEWS ^ | 05/21/10 | By Mike Emanuel & Justin Fishel & Mike Levine

Posted on 05/21/2010 5:33:48 PM PDT by Doogle

A man whom the U.S. described as a key figure in Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula accidentally blew himself up, U.S. military officials told Fox News.

The officials say Nayif Al-Qahtani was "messing with a bomb" when it went off. U.S. officials had been watching him, but Fox News' sources insist the U.S. had nothing to do with his death.

Al-Qahtani was "a vibrant guy linked to ongoing operations planning, and his death will have an impact," one official told Fox News.

An Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula newsletter was the first to announce his death a week after the United States put terror sanctions on him. The newsletter did not say when it happened but said Al-Qahtani died in Yemen's Abyan province in the south of the country.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: alqahtani; aqap; deadjihadi; deadjihadis; globaljihad; idiots; jihadipieces; nayif; nayifalqahtani; oops; straighttohell; trendsetter
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To: Mikey_1962
"So... I don’t have the rule book with me; Does he still get the virgins or not?"

No! But I'm sure there's a lovely consolation prize (HT pic in 3, 2, ...).
21 posted on 05/21/2010 5:48:45 PM PDT by ThomasSawyer (Democratic Underground: Proof that anyone can figure out how to use a computer.)
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To: Doogle
Fox News' sources insist the U.S. had nothing to do with his death.

Maybe it was Ziva...

Plausaible Deniability.

22 posted on 05/21/2010 5:50:32 PM PDT by theDentist (fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: Doogle

egads........obozo got lucky again.


23 posted on 05/21/2010 5:50:33 PM PDT by tioga (Remember in November.)
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To: DEADROCK; Doogle

Cheers!

24 posted on 05/21/2010 5:52:55 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Doogle

OMG LOL - thanks hehehehehe


25 posted on 05/21/2010 5:53:31 PM PDT by Revelation 911 (How many 100's of 1000's of our servicemen died so we would never bow to a king?" -freeper pnh102)
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To: GoCards

Well, that IS a biblical thing to pray for (confusion to the enemy). God helps in more ways than we can think.


26 posted on 05/21/2010 5:53:38 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: Doogle

silence...I kill you.


27 posted on 05/21/2010 5:54:10 PM PDT by ak267
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To: Doogle; All

28 posted on 05/21/2010 5:54:37 PM PDT by Cobra64
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To: ThomasSawyer
Ok

I have had two virgins (both women, thank you very much) and I am sure after number 8 or number 9 I would be begging Allah for a few pros mixed into the lot.

29 posted on 05/21/2010 5:59:36 PM PDT by Mikey_1962 (Obama: The Affirmative Action President)
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To: Doogle

S**t happens.


30 posted on 05/21/2010 6:00:30 PM PDT by stbdside
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To: DEADROCK

31 posted on 05/21/2010 6:00:52 PM PDT by FrdmLvr ( VIVA la SB 1070!)
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To: Doogle; TigersEye
Did they have a chance to read him his Miranda Rights, before he blew up? If not anything he said cvannot be used to prosecute any of his friends! ( sarc.)
32 posted on 05/21/2010 6:02:39 PM PDT by Candor7 (Obama .......yes.......is a fascist... ...He meets everydiagnostic of history)
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To: Mikey_1962

No Virgins. He did not die in battle.


33 posted on 05/21/2010 6:03:44 PM PDT by Candor7 (Obama .......yes.......is a fascist... ...He meets everydiagnostic of history)
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To: DEADROCK

Remember to attach the green wire to the battery or was that the bl...


34 posted on 05/21/2010 6:05:55 PM PDT by bray (Keep the communism, I want Freedom!)
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To: vigilante2

I knew people knew what he was thinking


35 posted on 05/21/2010 6:08:59 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)
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To: Candor7
No Virgins. He did not die in battle.

Bummer dude!

36 posted on 05/21/2010 6:13:10 PM PDT by Mikey_1962 (Obama: The Affirmative Action President)
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To: Doogle

37 posted on 05/21/2010 6:16:06 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (Thinking of using 911 for protection? Google "Brittany Zimmerman")
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To: Doogle

“What went through your mind when the bomb blew up?”

“My ass...”


38 posted on 05/21/2010 6:16:27 PM PDT by JRios1968 (The real first rule of Fight Club: don't invite Chuck Norris...EVER)
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To: Doogle

I like to THINK that we have the ability to remotely set off explosive devices. I’ve read about this sort of thing happening ever so often. I can only HOPE that we have such technology.


39 posted on 05/21/2010 6:17:18 PM PDT by i_dont_chat
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To: Doogle

40 posted on 05/21/2010 6:18:53 PM PDT by Dumpster Baby (Truth is called hate by those who hate the truth.)
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