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| Al-Libbi Not Bin Laden Behind Bagram Blast, Sources Say | |
| 2007-04-27 | |
| Karachi, 27 April AKI - The Maaskar training camp, run by senior al-Qaeda lieutenant Sheikh Abu Laith Al-Libbi, dispatched the suicide bombers to attack Bagram Airbase on the day US vice President Dick Cheney was visiting, sources close to al-Qaeda have told Adnkronos International (AKI). Last week Taliban leader Mullah Dadullah said in an interview that Osama bin Laden himself had ordered the 27 February attack in which at least 18 people died. However information acquired by AKI shows that while bin Laden may not have directly ordered the assassination attempt, it was Abu Laith al-Libbi in the Pakistani tribal region of North Waziristan who planned the whole suicide mission. Sheikh Abu Laith Al-Libbi is from Libya and is considered a classic guerilla fighter. He is said to be the best Arab trainer who has provided the Taliban with the necessary training in guerrilla tactics and is said to train fighters for suicide missions and on how to inflict optimum damage through suicide attacks. Previously he was said to have set up a militant training camp in the south-eastern Afghan province of Khost which was destroyed by the United States in 2005. Now it is believed that he has moved to North Waziristan, where he carries out training and provides guidelines to Taliban fighters on how to carry out fresh attacks. At the time of the attack at the Bagram Airbase, the US authorities had ruled out that the attack - in which at least 15 Afghan labourers were killed - was targeting Cheney, arguing that his visit to the airbase was only decided at the last minute because of weather problems. The suicide bomber reportedly detonated a device while he was among labourers queuing for daily jobs at the base. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack shortly afterwards. Sources told AKI that the suicide bomb attack would have been scheduled at least couple of days earlier and that the attackers were sent to Bagram after al-Qaeda's headquarters in Pakistan's remote tribal region of Waziristan were given the go ahead. The fact that Taliban commander Mullah Dadullah attributed the attack to Osama bin Laden can be partly explained because of bin LadenÂ’s absence from all video and audio broadcasts of late, fuelling speculation about bad health or his demise, at least from the summit of the al-Qaeda leadership. Dadullah has in the past made similar comments which seem partly intended to boost the morale of bin LadenÂ’s followers worldwide, and reassure them that he is still in command. Most analysts concur that Osama bin Laden has never been directly involved in any operational planning of any attack. In the last two years, bin LadenÂ’s role in al-Qaeda operations was not heard. So much so during internecine strife between Uzbek warriors and Taliban fighters in South Waziristan, OsamaÂ’s intervention could have made a difference but nobody heard a single word from him.
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| Posted by:Steve |
| #6 Binny and the worms |
| Posted by: Captain America 2007-04-27 22:41 |
| #5 #4 Mullah Dadullah is a serial liar and propagandist That'll get him a gig as a columnist at Rooters. |
| Posted by: JDB 2007-04-27 20:58 |
| #4 so Mullah Dadullah is a serial liar and propagandist? Alert the NY Times, LA Times, et al! They need to wait a day or two before quoting him again |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-04-27 20:54 |
| #3 "but nobody heard a single word from him" Nonsense, he is the well with me! Die infidel Sunni!!!! |
| Posted by: The Twelfth Imam 2007-04-27 19:40 |
| #2 For all intent and purpose, Rubbish Bin is dead. |
| Posted by: Swiss Tex 2007-04-27 16:02 |
| #1 |
| Posted by: Bugs Hupusose2306 2007-04-27 15:42 |