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  • 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...