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| Afghanistan |
| Aide of Bin Laden Dies in Eastern Afghanistan |
| 2003-01-07 |
| A Pakistani paper reported Tuesday, January 7, that Abu el-Ikhlas el-Masry, a top aide of Osama Bin Laden, died Sunday, January 5, of illness in Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan. Abu el-Ikhlas, an Egyptian, has been living between Pakistan and Afghanistan since the 80s, said Wahda newspaper. Under the ousted Taliban regime, he was responsible for training Arab, Pakistani and Chechen mujahideen in camps in Pakita and other provinces. Abu el-Ikhlas was one of the most skilled experts in manufacturing bombs and explosive charges and had even written books on military subjects, according to the paper. He sounds very pious, doesn't he? He was one of three Egyptians who came to Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion together with Ayman al-Zawahiri, Bin Laden’s right hand, and General Mekawi who was killed during clashes between Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and Ahmed Shah Masoud in Kabul in 1994. I certainly hope that whatever killed him was very painful, and contagious, too. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 Excuse me while I pop open a champaigne bottle and dance a little jig of despair. |
| Posted by: Mike 2003-01-07 16:25:25 |