http://www.longwarjournal.org/tags/Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami/common/
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/06/top_al_qaeda_leader_2.php
“Top al Qaeda leader Ilyas Kashmiri killed in US Predator strike”
By BILL ROGGIO
June 4, 2011
SNIPPET: “A Harkat-ul Jihad Islami spokesman named Abu Hanzla Kashir told Dawn that Kashmiri was killed in the attack. Kashir also threatened to attack the US to avenge Kashmiri’s death.
“We confirm that our Amir (leader) and commander in chief, Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri, along with other companions, was martyred in an American drone strike on June 3, 2011, at 11:15 pm,” Kashir told the Pakistani news channel, according to The Telegraph.
“The oppressor US is our only target and, God willing, we will take revenge on the U.S. soon with full force,” Kashir said, according to CNN.
US intelligence officials contacted by The Long War Journal said that Kashmiri was indeed a target of the attack, but they could not confirm that he was killed.
“HUJI’s statement is a sure sign we got him, we are pretty confident he is dead but we cannot confirm 100 percent,” one official told The Long War Journal. The area where Kashmiri was killed is under Taliban control.”
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“News, Translations : Statement: Harkat Jihad alIslami 313 Brigade confirms the martyrdom of Amir Ilyas Kashmiri”
Posted by Casey Britton on 2011/6/4 16:14:18
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The death of Faruq, the official leader of Al-Qaida’s franchise in Pakistan, was reported by a spokesman for Kashmiri’s “313 Brigade.”
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