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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: Doogle
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“I had a premature detonation.”
41
posted on
05/21/2010 6:21:24 PM PDT
by
DonnerT
(Those in power no longer fear the caliber of the ballot.)
To: Doogle
42
posted on
05/21/2010 6:22:15 PM PDT
by
beethovenfan
(If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
To: i_dont_chat
...last year sometime the US intercepted mortars headed to Iraq and Afghanistan via Iran....US wanted to mess with them and let them go on...but Odumbo’s pentagon lawyers nixed the action.
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posted on
05/21/2010 6:30:52 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)
To: theDentist
Plausible Deniability. Not guilty. Whatever it is.
To: Doogle
I do love stories with happy endings.
45
posted on
05/21/2010 6:35:47 PM PDT
by
Busywhiskers
("Once you have wrestled, everything else in life is easy" -Dan Gable)
To: Busywhiskers; All
46
posted on
05/21/2010 6:39:15 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)
To: Doogle
but Fox News' sources insist the U.S. had nothing to do with his death. I'd half-hoped that that statement would've been followed by "(wink, wink)".
47
posted on
05/21/2010 6:50:21 PM PDT
by
Tanniker Smith
(Obi-Wan Palin: Strike her down and she shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.)
To: Tanniker Smith
48
posted on
05/21/2010 6:53:42 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)
To: Doogle
49
posted on
05/21/2010 6:58:43 PM PDT
by
GRRRRR
(He'll NEVER be my President, FUBO!)
To: Doogle
Premature Jihadulation!!!
50
posted on
05/21/2010 7:11:22 PM PDT
by
mo
To: Doogle
So we have an understanding.
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posted on
05/21/2010 7:11:58 PM PDT
by
Tanniker Smith
(Obi-Wan Palin: Strike her down and she shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.)
To: i_dont_chat
52
posted on
05/21/2010 8:00:55 PM PDT
by
jesseam
(Been there, done that)
To: Mikey_1962
Does he still get the virgins or not? He gets his 72, all in one big room. They are all permanently twelve years old, and they all have cell phones. These girls do nothing but chatter on the phone with each other, shrieking and giggling at high volume, never sleeping. If he touches a girl, he receives a strong electric shock.
No escape, no silence, ever.
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posted on
05/21/2010 8:16:10 PM PDT
by
TChad
To: Doogle
Obama don’t want no mo drone stories. Obama might look like he wants a terrorist dead.
54
posted on
05/21/2010 11:59:57 PM PDT
by
tinamina
To: Doogle
My question is:
Are they flying the flags at half-staff at the White House and the State Department?
55
posted on
05/22/2010 12:08:03 AM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(There is no right to do wrong. Those who claim there is destroy the foundations of true liberty.)
To: All
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posted on
05/22/2010 12:29:46 AM PDT
by
rottndog
(WOOF!!!! Be prepared for what's coming AFTER America......)
To: All
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posted on
05/22/2010 11:10:19 PM PDT
by
Cindy
To: DEADROCK
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posted on
05/23/2010 8:49:42 PM PDT
by
DrewsMum
(Somebody please put the Constitution on his teleprompter....)
To: Mikey_1962
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