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One Of Bin Laden's Top Six Aides Is Killed In Suspected US Strike
The Guardian ^ | Friday February 1, 2008 | Ian Black and Martin Hodgson

Posted on 02/01/2008 8:38:59 AM PST by Fennie

A senior al-Qaida figure in Afghanistan, described by Western officials as one of Osama bin Laden's top six lieutenants, has been killed, it was reported yesterday. Abu Laith al-Libi was "martyred along with a group of his brothers on the territory of Islamic Pakistan" according to a statement on Ikhlaas.org, a website that often posts communiques from Islamists in Afghanistan and Iraq. Libi's death may be linked to what is suspected to be a US missile strike in Pakistan's North Waziristan region earlier this week, in which 12 people - several Arabs and central Asians, as well as local Taliban members - are believed to have died. Locals told reporters that they heard US Predator drones flying in the area shortly before the explosion at a compound, and a Pakistani daily newspaper, The News, reported that the attack was targeted at Libi and another senior figure, Obaidah al Masri...

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: abulaithallibi; alqaeda; bush; congress; iraq; islam; pakistan; uav
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1 posted on 02/01/2008 8:39:03 AM PST by Fennie
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To: Fennie

I suppose that Hitlary,Baarack, and McLame are outraged over this murder of an innocent man.


2 posted on 02/01/2008 8:41:44 AM PST by Piquaboy (22 year veteran of the Army, Air Force and Navy, Pray for all our military .)
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To: Fennie

What’s the tally for “Senior AQ leaders” these days?


3 posted on 02/01/2008 8:41:57 AM PST by Deut28 (Cursed be he who perverts the justice)
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To: Fennie
Our drones are getting stealthier and more quite.

One minute, Mohammed is pleasuring himself with his goat while plotting the slaughter of innocents, the next minute, his head is blown off.

What a pity...for the goat.

4 posted on 02/01/2008 8:42:44 AM PST by lormand (Paulrhoids(TM) - The Hemorrhoids of American Politics)
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To: Fennie

Nice shot!

LBT
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5 posted on 02/01/2008 8:42:46 AM PST by LiberalBassTurds (Peace is the short interlude between wars.)
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To: Fennie
“Suspected US missile strike” may just as well mean “they blew themselves up”. AQ would love to make it look like we’re meddling in Pak in defiance of their wishes.

Then again, maybe we are.

6 posted on 02/01/2008 8:44:50 AM PST by ArmstedFragg
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To: Fennie

Thanks for the good news.


7 posted on 02/01/2008 8:44:51 AM PST by bmwcyle (What is the American voter thinking?)
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i love how these sand fleas always call them martyrs....dont martyrs actually fight for a cause? these pieces of camel dung regularly hide, dress up like woman, hide behind women and children....these talibums rarely fight like real men, instead they attacked the innocent and usually from behind (im sure in more ways than one...)


8 posted on 02/01/2008 8:45:07 AM PST by raygunfan
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To: lormand

They’re getting quieter too.


9 posted on 02/01/2008 8:45:52 AM PST by ASA Vet
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To: Fennie

Five to go and then the lead rat.....


10 posted on 02/01/2008 8:49:23 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Fennie

Cueing Queen music! Another one bites the dust. Another bites the dust. And another one’s gone, and another one’s gone. Another one bites the dust.

Great news for the good guys!!


11 posted on 02/01/2008 8:54:09 AM PST by Hoffer Rand
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To: Fennie
"Abu Laith al-Libi was martyred sent back to Hell..."
12 posted on 02/01/2008 8:54:43 AM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Elections have consequences.)
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To: patton; neverdem

I’m glad it was only a suspected US strike.

If it had been a real US strike with real US weapons, then somebody might have been hurt.


13 posted on 02/01/2008 8:56:48 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Fennie

I’ve seen a couple of these on the news in the past couple of days. Someone has a new intel source...


14 posted on 02/01/2008 8:59:21 AM PST by wbill
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To: Fennie

I love the “suspected US strike” part.


15 posted on 02/01/2008 9:01:33 AM PST by Steely Tom (Steely's First Law of the Main Stream Media: if it doesn't advance the agenda, it's not news.)
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To: Fennie

Splash!!!


16 posted on 02/01/2008 9:02:33 AM PST by biggiant1 (MA Republican - seal the borders & send the leaches home))
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To: Fennie

Does it bother anyone that the announcement of his death came from his own people?


17 posted on 02/01/2008 9:19:04 AM PST by Cyman
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To: Fennie

“suspected US strike?”

It’s interesting what they know and what they think they know these days.


18 posted on 02/01/2008 9:21:01 AM PST by Brilliant
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To: ArmstedFragg

you’d be surprised by where we are... just ask Amadinajab?


19 posted on 02/01/2008 9:35:52 AM PST by Dick Vomer (liberals suck....... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.,)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

He was in the top three...only Binny and Ayman above him....I bet you those two are crapping their pants today.


20 posted on 02/01/2008 10:52:45 AM PST by Dog
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