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Official: Al Qaeda bomb maker wasn't killed
A top Yemeni official says al Qaeda's chief bomb maker in Yemen was not killed in the U.S. drone strike on a convoy two days ago.U.S. intelligence officials had said that bomb maker Ibrahim Al-Asiri may have been killed. But on Sunday a Yemeni official said Al-Asiri was not among those who died in the drone attack Really? Prove it. Produce him with a copy of today's NYT, and please provide GPS coordinates. that killed U.S.-born jihadist holy man Anwar al-Awlaki. ... Born in Las Cruces, New Mexico, al-Awlaki is a dual citizen of the U.S. and Yemen. He is an Islamic holy man who is a trainer for al-Qaeda and its franchises. His sermons were attended by three of the 9/11 hijackers, by Fort Hood murderer Nidal Malik Hussein, and UndieboomerUmar Farouk Abdulmutallab. He is the first U.S. citizen ever placed on a CIA target list... Al-Asiri has been linked to the bomb that authorities allege a Nigerian man tried to detonate aboard a Detroit-bound plane in 2009. The Yemeni official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence matters. In addition to al-Awlaki, another American-born member of al Qaeda died in the strike Friday: Samir Khan, the co-editor of an online English-language magazine that had urged American Mohammedans to carry out attacks. Posted by: Creregum Glolump8403 2011-10-04 |
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