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US wanted Qaeda Abu Marwan al-Suri killed again
KHAR: One Levies soldier and a suspected Al Qaeda operative were killed and two Levies men seriously injured during a shootout in Bajaur Agency on Thursday. The body of the suspected Al Qaeda operative has been sent to CMH, Peshawar, for a DNA test for identification, sources told Daily Times. The man is believed to be Abu Marwan al-Suri. On a tip-off, the Bajaur Agency political administration chased Marwans car on Nawagai Road and he responded with fire, sources said. Resultantly, Levies jawan Saleem was killed and two of his colleagues were injured, they added. The security force retaliated and killed the militant. They seized four hand grenades, a video camera, a diary written in Arabic, a CD mike, a recording of the funeral of those who were killed in an air strike on Dama Dola village earlier this year, a charger and childrens clothes from him, sources said. Abu Marwan al-Suri was wanted by the United States and previously thought to have been killed months ago in a US air strike on Dama Dola village in Bajaur Agency. Officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Abu Marwan al-Suri was the head of Al Qaedas operations in Pakistans Waziristan tribal region. Military spokesman Major General Shaukat Sultan confirmed the shooting in Khar but had no details of the dead mans identity, other than that he appeared to be a foreigner. "Ain't from around these parts." Posted by: Steve 2008-04-17 |
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