Posted on 04/26/2011 4:30:00 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Nato's number two insurgent target 'killed in air strike'
A senior al-Qaeda figure and Nato's second-highest priority insurgent in Afghanistan has been killed in an air strike, following a four-year manhunt.
By Jeremy Kelly in Kabul 4:38
PM BST 26 Apr 2011
The death of Saudi Arabian national Abdul Ghani, also known as Abu Hafs al-Najdi, from a coalition air strike on April 13 ends a four-year hunt.
Nato said Ghani directed al-Qaeda operations in the eastern border province of Kunar, where he was killed, including the recruiting and training of fighters as well as planning attacks against Afghan and coalition forces.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
The most dangerous job in the world is the #2 man at al Qaeda.
Capture should not be an option in Afghanistan.
Um... Ayman al-Zawahiri is al-Qaeda’s number two man.
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/al-qaeda-commander-ayman-al-zawahiri-brother-law/story?id=13417416
Bin Laden is number one.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/09/new-videotape-f.html
So...Is NATO now saying that Bin Laden and al-Zawahiri are no longer the number one and number two targets?
Just wondering.
Cheers
Just once, could they get the #1 guy?
Thanks for the info.
Cheers
Dead is GOOD! Hope he saw the missile coming in, and in, and in.
He’s a Saudi? I thought the Saudis were our friends.
Isn’t that just too bad for him. One less to deal with.
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