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Report: Terrorist fought alongside rebels in Libya
2012-06-22
[Ynet] Egyptian daily releases information on terrorist who executed attack on security fence; Khaled Saleh belonged to al-Qaeda linked organization, participated in Libyan revolt. 'He was determined to die a martyr,' says friend

Egyptian independent daily al-Masry al-Youm released on Thursday new information on the terrorist who executed the terror attack against Said Pashpashe near the Israel-Egypt security fence on Monday.
 
The terrorist, Khaled Saleh,
...which appears to be a common name...
detonated an improvised bomb and then opened fire on two vehicles carrying construction workers. Following the attack on Israel's southern border, Golani soldiers who were scrambled to the area engaged the cell, killing Saleh and one other terrorists.

Prior to the attack, Saleh was filmed in a video clip
...which can be seen at the link. Click on the article title to go there.
which was later released by a jihadist organization calling itself the Mujahideen Shura Council.
Iraq used to have one of those, back when Al Qaeda in Iraq was actually scary.
The organization is most likely linked to al-Qaeda.

Saleh lived in Egypt's Matrouh region and visited Libya just after the full-scale revolt against the country's leader Muammar Qadaffy
...Custodian of Wheelus AFB for 42 long years until he was ejected from the gene pool by his indignant citizens...
 which began on February 17, 2011.
 
The newspaper further reported the Saleh, 25, joined one of the Libyan jihad organizations that took part in attacks against Qadaffy's forces.
 
Saleh remained in Libya for five months following a bullet wound to his right leg. He then returned to Egypt where he received further medical attention.
 
One of Saleh's friends said that "he was determined to die a martyr."
 
"Saleh disappeared for four months. No one had heard from him up until we saw him in the video, where he declared his intention to execute an attack in Israel," he added.
 
The Egyptian daily attempted to contact Saleh's brothers but the two refused to speak with the press. Sources close to the family said that the notice of his death has not yet been confirmed.
 
Meanwhile,
...back at the pound, Zebulon finally found just the friend he'd been looking for...
 the jihadist organization's video, which also grabbed credit for the border attack in Israel, is currently being examined in Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in their national face...
Mansour al-Turki, a front man for the Saudi Interior Ministry said on Wednesday to the Saudi newspaper Ukaz, that the country is currently investigating the involvement of a Saudi citizen in the shooting attack against Israelis on the Egyptian border on Monday morning.
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