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High-Ranking Al-Qaida Member Killed, Maybe..
One of the men killed in Pakistanâs largest-ever offensive against al-Qaida appears to have been a high-ranking member of the terror network, a Pakistani official said Wednesday. Eight al-Qaida suspects were killed and 18 were captured in the Oct. 2 shootout with army troops in South Waziristan, a tribal region along the border with Afghanistan. Two Pakistani soldiers also died. "There is a probability which I cannot confirm that a man among those killed was one who has a reward on his head," Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said at a news conference in Islamabad. "He was among the top 10 or 15 people in al-Qaida." Oh, come on, donât tease us! Ahmed declined to provide further details. Dammit, now Iâm going to have to keep looking through all those islamic news sites for hints on whoâs missing. Then I have to shower and delouse my computer. Posted by: Steve 2003-10-15 |
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