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  • Mastermind of Marriott attack killed by drone

    01/11/2009 7:23:48 PM PST · by Lorianne · 7 replies · 707+ views
    Daily Times [Pakistan] ^ | January 10, 2009
    WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD: Al Qaeda’s operations chief in Pakistan and a top aide have been killed, Pakistani officials confirmed on Friday. Operations chief Osama Al-Kini was thought responsible for attacks including the bombing of Marriott hotel in Islamabad and an unsuccessful attempt to kill former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. Al-Kini and his lieutenant Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan, both Kenyans, were killed in a missile strike in South Waziristan on January 1. Security officials in Islamabad said Al-Kini’s killing would relieve the security apparatus of a ‘big worry’. agencies
  • New Year's Missile Strike Kills Top Al-Qaeda Operatives

    01/08/2009 4:07:53 PM PST · by gandalftb · 16 replies · 813+ views
    Washington Post ^ | Thursday, January 8, 2009; 6:04 PM | Joby Warrick
    A New Year's CIA strike in northern Pakistan killed two top al-Qaeda terrorists long sought by the United States, including the man believed to be behind September's deadly suicide bombing at a Marriott hotel in the Pakistani capital, U.S. counterterrorism officials told The Washingon Post today. Agency officials determined in recent days that among the dead in the Jan. 1 missile strike were a Kenyan national who used the name Usama al-Kini and who was described as al-Qaeda's chief of operations in Pakistan and his lieutenant, identified as Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan, the sources said. Both men were associated with...