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http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/02/egyptian_al_qaeda_le.php
“Egyptian al Qaeda leader reported killed in South Waziristan airstrike”
By BILL ROGGIOFebruary 29, 2008 2:21 AM
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Pakistani and US intelligence are attempting to sort out the names of the al Qaeda and Taliban operatives killed in yesterday’s airstrike in Azam Warzak, South Waziristan. Initial reports indicated Arabs and fighters from Central Asia were killed in the operation. One report indicates an “al Qaeda fugitive from Egypt” was among those killed, sparking rumors that Ayman al Zawahiri was the target of the strike.
South Waziristan Taliban commander Mullah Nazir, who is often characterized as a “pro-government” Taliban leader, appears to be the center of the storm. “Sources said that the militants belonged to the Abu Hamza group whose leader was said to be a follower of local militant commander Maulvi Nazir,” Dawn reported. The attack occurred at the home of Shero Wazir, a follower of Nazir “who had rented it out to an Arab.””
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http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17351&Itemid=21
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080228-04
February 28, 2008
MND-B Soldiers, ISF, local residents discover multiple caches
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers, Iraqi Security forces and local Iraqis discovered multiple weapon and ammunition caches Feb. 27 northwest of Baghdad.
Soldiers from 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, discovered a 68mm mortar round, a French-made rocket and a 68mm mortar tube during a combat patrol at approximately 10:30 a.m.
A joint combat patrol with Iraqi Army Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army Division, and Soldiers from 2nd SBCT, discovered three 82mm mortar rounds, three 155mm artillery rounds, and four mortar tubes at noon.
At the same time, a local resident turned in a rocket-propelled grenade, a grenade, and two improvised-explosive devices to at a joint security station.
During a combat operation, Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd SBCT, discovered a munitions cache of 15 130mm rockets, four 107mm rockets, two 57mm rockets, a 122mm artillery projectile, eight Italian landmines and 100 pounds of homemade explosive-making material.
At the same location, Soldiers also found 82 empty 107mm rocket motors, 20 empty 107mm rocket warheads, 13 empty 152mm projectiles, 16 empty 130mm rocket motors, two rocket launchers, an RPG, an RPK rifle, an AK-47 and 100 small-arms rounds.
An Iraqi sheik from the area turned in a weapons cache to Soldiers at a JSS of five 60mm mortars, two 82mm mortars, an 82mm recoilless rifle, two RPGs, two RPG launchers, a one 2.75” Brazilian rocket.
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