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Osama's top aide Nasir al-Wahishi killed in drone strike | ||
2011-01-03 | ||
Nasir al-Wahishi, a top al-Qaeda commander, who reportedly served as an aide of Osama bin Laden, was killed in a US drone attack in northwestern Pakistan on December 28.
Wahishi was killed when two missiles were fired on a militant camp at the Ghulam Khan sub-district of North Waziristan, Kyodo reported quoting Pakistani officials. Al-Wahishi is among four top al-Qaeda commanders killed in American drone strikes which assumed unprecedented proportions in 2010. Those killed by US missiles include al-Qaeda number 3 Abu Mustafa al-Yazid, Sheikh Fateh al-Misri, al-Qaeda's operations head for Afghanistan and Pakistan, who replaced Yazid. The two other commanders killed were Abdallah Umar al-Qurayshi, who co-ordinated Osama bin Laden's Arabs in Afghanistan, and explosives expert Abu Atta al-Kuwaiti. The drones have also felled top Taliban commanders including its chief Baitullah Mehsud and the trainer of suicide bombers Qari Hussain Mehsud. The officials claimed Wahishi had served as secretary of bin Laden until 2003. He was arrested in Iran and extradited to Yemen in 2003. The al-Qaeda commander was among 23 Yemeni captives who made a dramatic escape from maximum security prison in Sana'a, in 2006 and was at large since then. The Yemeni figures in the Interpol's Orange Notice as well as US State Departments and UN Sanctions List.
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Posted by:tipper |
#9 Nope, keep seeing the same thing. I am disappoint. |
Posted by: DarthVader 2011-01-03 19:20 |
#8 Thank you. Now I know I'm not crazy AND I'm not the only one disappointed. |
Posted by: Alan Cramer 2011-01-03 16:50 |
#7 #5 Nope, I also saw "Obama". Posted by Redneck Jim I saw "Obama" as well, which was immediately followed by a micro-burst mental images of Robert Gibbs, Jeremiah Wright, Barney Franks, and Val Jarrett. Very, very disappointing. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2011-01-03 14:10 |
#6 I also wondered what the hell Mrs Bill was doing In Paki-Waki-Land. |
Posted by: Redneck Jim 2011-01-03 14:01 |
#5 Nope, I also saw "Obama". |
Posted by: Redneck Jim 2011-01-03 13:59 |
#4 Am I the only one that first read the headline as O Or is this a distinction without a difference? |
Posted by: Alan Cramer 2011-01-03 11:06 |
#3 Another one bites the bacon. |
Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-01-03 10:17 |
#2 nice one Parabellum ! I missed that. LOL |
Posted by: Mikey Hunt 2011-01-03 10:00 |
#1 ...was killed in the year end. Oh man, that must have hurt! |
Posted by: Parabellum 2011-01-03 08:11 |