More Details DEAD TERRORIST UPDATE:
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/01/senior_al_qaeda_lead_1.php
“Senior al Qaeda leader Abu Laith al Libi killed in North Waziristan”
By BILL ROGGIO
January 31, 2008 1:58 PM
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http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/4979.htm
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Note: The following text (minus the graphic) is a quote:
http://memriiwmp.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=349
Al-Fajr Announces the Death of a Prominent Al-Qaeda Commander, Abu Layth Al-Libi
Al-Fajr, a media company associated with Al-Qaeda, posted today, January 31, 2008, on the Islamist website al-Ikhlas a communiqué announcing the death of one of Al-Qaeda’s most prominent commanders Abu Layth Al-Libi. According to the communiqué, Abu Layth Al-Libi was killed on a Pakistani soil along with a group of his associates. The message also addresses “the nation of unbelievers and the Crusader army” saying: “[You should know that] our commanders and scholars are always at the front line providing the best examples to the Islamic nation…Victory will be materialized through their corpses and bloods.”
Posted at : 2008-01-31
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=48830
“Gates: Taliban’s Terrorism Reflects NATO’s Success in Afghanistan”
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2008