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2 Top Al-Qaeda leaders targeted in US airstrikes in Afghanistan
 [Khaama (Afghanistan)] US drone strikes has reportedly targeted two of al-Qaeda terrorist network’s top leaders in eastern Kunar province... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country..... of Afghanistan. The officials in Pentagon have said the two top al-Qaeda leaders have likely been killed in the According to reports, at least 15 holy warriors including two Arab nationals and several Pak Taliban fighers were killed in the Pentagon front man Peter Cook quoted by AFP said one of the targets was Faruq al-Qatani, a Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates... i national who is al-Qaeda’s leader for northeastern Afghanistan and who was assigned to reestablish safe havens in the country. Cook further added that other, Bilal al-Utabi, also was involved in reestablishing safe havens from which the "If these strikes are determined to be successful, eliminating these core leaders of al-Qaeda will disrupt efforts to plot against the United States and our allies and partners around the world, reduce the threat to our Afghan partners, and assist their efforts to deny al-Qaeda safe haven in Afghanistan," Cook said. Two Qaida Leaders Killed in Afghanistan, Afghan Spy Agency Confirms [AnNahar] Two top al-Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan were killed in a U.S. drone attack, the nation's spy agency confirmed Thursday, in a major blow to the group as it seeks to re-establish safe havens in the country. Washington said the strikes on Sunday targeted Farouq al-Qahtani, al-Qaeda's emir for northeastern Afghanistan, and his deputy Bilal al-Utabi, calling it the most significant attack against the group's leadership in several years. Multiple Hellfire missiles "leveled" two different compounds in Kunar province where the men were believed to be hiding, U.S. officials said Wednesday, without confirming if the strikes were successful. Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security ...the Afghan national intel agency... offered confirmation of their death on Thursday, adding that a third senior member of the group had also been killed. "The attack was carried out in coordination with NDS," the spy agency said in a statement, without naming the third leader. The Pentagon had been actively hunting Qahtani for four years. He had longstanding ties with the late Osama bin Laden ... who is now among the dear departed, though not among the dearest... before his death in the 2011 U.S. raid on his Pakistain compound. Qahtani had operated in Afghanistan since at least 2009 and was responsible for planning attacks against U.S. and coalition forces in the country, officials said. His deputy Utabi, was seen as the second- or third-most senior al-Qaeda leader in Afghanistan, the official said. Posted by: Fred 2016-10-28 |
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