No mercy.
Coming soon: Tha SYNDICATE.
Posted on 11/07/2002 10:34:47 AM PST by Pyro7480
By AHMED AL-HAJ, Associated Press Writer
SAN`A, Yemen (AP) - An American was believed to be among the six militants killed in a CIA (news - web sites) missile strike this weekend, a security source said Thursday.
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The six men, including Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi, al-Qaida's top man in Yemen, were killed Sunday when a Hellfire missile fired from a pilotless CIA spy plane destroyed the car they were riding in.
The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the other five were known by their aliases — Saleh Abu Hamam, Al-Qia'gaa, Abu Jirah, Mounir and Jalal, also known as Ahmed Hijazi. Jalal is believed to be a U.S. citizen, according to the source. He provided no other details and did not say how authorities came to establish that Jalal was American.
Authorities were trying to establish the men's real identities, the source told The Associated Press.
He said al-Harethi, who was in his mid-40s, first met al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) in the 1980s during the war against Soviet occupation in Afghanistan (news - web sites). The two men stayed in contact after the war ended and met again in Sudan, where bin Laden went to in the 1990s, the source said.
Al-Harethi was believed to have coordinated the October 2000 attack on the USS Cole (news - web sites) in Aden, which killed 17 U.S. sailors.
A Yemeni newspaper, September 26, reported that al-Harethi plotted last month's attack on the French tanker Limburg off Yemen, which left a Bulgarian crew member dead and 90,000 barrels of oil discharged in the Gulf of Aden. The newspaper did not cite sources.
The newspaper, whose editor-in-chief is President Ali Abdullah Saleh's press secretary, also reported that al-Harethi was responsible for several terror attacks in Yemen and was planning more attacks on Western targets in Yemen.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Embassy in the capital San`a closed for security reasons and protection of the building was increased. There were fears that the CIA involvement in the attack could create a backlash in a country where Islamic militants have operated freely in the past and most oppose U.S. policies toward Iraq and the perceived American bias toward Israel in its conflict with the Palestinians.
Yemen's cooperation with U.S. authorities in the war against terror is a sensitive issue in this Arab country, where al-Qaida is active and is the ancestral homeland of bin Laden.
Good luck finding a jury who would find for the roadkill deceased party in question...
The underlying question is: How many other American Muslim radical Islamicists are actively working for their murderous buddies against us, abroad, and here in the USA?
Shirly you jest:-)
No mercy.
Coming soon: Tha SYNDICATE.
As soon as Al Qaeda pays for the Twin Towers and the USS Cole.
BTW...
Note to all American hating Americans...
Don't drive around Yemen with wanted terrorists.
They have a habit of turning into handfuls of backened sand.
Sure, I like seeing the pix of the bad-guys-turned-grease-spot, but it's not something I'd like to see adapted for Homeland Security.
A traitor dies! Allah Akbar!
Was the American in the United States minding his own business? Or, was he tagging along, providing aid and comfort to our sworn enemy?
The top story in Free Republic "BREAKING NEWS" right now is further information and also photos of the individual reported to have been killed in Yemen with other al Qaeda, who was a US citizen. Please check when you have a moment.....
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