http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/almasri/ en-us Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:44:29 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060590/posts PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Senior Al Qaeda commander Abu Saeed al-Masri was killed in recent clashes with Pakistani forces near the Afghan border, a security official said on Tuesday. "He was believed to be among the top leadership of al Qaeda," the senior security official said on condition of anonymity. Al-Masri, which means "the Egyptian," was the most senior al Qaeda operative to have been killed in Pakistan's tribal belt since the death of his compatriot, Abu Khabab al-Masri, an Qaeda chemical and biological weapons expert, last month. Television channels identified the dead man as Mustafa Abu al-Yazid and said... Reuters on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060590/posts#comment Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:44:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060397/posts BREAKING NEWS — Senior Al Qaeda commander Abu Saeed al-Masri has been killed in recent clashes with Pakistani forces in a Pakistani region near the Afghan border, a security official told Reuters on Tuesday. "He was believed to be among the top leadership of Al Qaeda," the senior security official told the news agency on condition of anonymity. Al-Masri, which means Egyptian, was the senior most Al Qaeda operative http://www.foxnews.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060397/posts#comment Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:10:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060365/posts SENIOR AL QAEDA COMMANDER ABU SAEED AL-MASRI KILLED IN PAKISTAN - SECURITY OFFICIAL reuters (excerpt) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060365/posts#comment Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:37:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056439/posts KABUL, Afghanistan -- In a blow to al Qaeda in Pakistan, the terrorist group confirmed Sunday that one of its top weapons researchers, Abu Khabab al-Masri, was killed, apparently in a U.S. missile strike. Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056439/posts#comment Mon, 4 Aug 2008 21:26:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055945/posts By ANNA JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer Sun Aug 3, 4:15 PM ET CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida confirmed Sunday the death of a top commander accused of training the suicide bombers who killed 17 American sailors on the USS Cole eight years ago. Abu Khabab al-Masri, who had a $5 million bounty on his head from the United States, is believed to have been killed in an airstrike apparently launched by the U.S. in Pakistan last week. Click here for news story http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055945/posts#comment Sun, 3 Aug 2008 23:32:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055705/posts Al-Qaeda has confirmed the death of a chemical and biological weapons expert whose killing in a suspected US strike was reported by Pakistan, an Islamist militant website said on Sunday. ADVERTISEMENT Abu Khabab al-Masri was among a group of "heroes" who joined "the caravans of martyrs," said a statement signed by Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, Al-Qaeda's general commander in Afghanistan. Yahoo News - AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055705/posts#comment Sun, 3 Aug 2008 13:35:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054186/posts BAGHDAD - The leader of the Sunni insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq and several of his top lieutenants have recently left Iraq for Afghanistan, according to group leaders and Iraqi intelligence officials, a possible further sign of what Iraqi and U.S. officials call growing disarray and weakness in the organization. U.S. officials say there are indications that al-Qaeda is diverting new recruits from going to Iraq, where its fighters have suffered dramatic setbacks, to going to Afghanistan and Pakistan, where they appear to be making gains. Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054186/posts#comment Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:34:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040058/posts Al-Qaeda Draws New Recruits Via Internet Al-Qaeda is using the Internet to recruit vulnerable young people to its terrorist network, according to a programme aired on Saudi Arabian TV late on Tuesday. Umm Osama, the founder of al-Qaeda's first women-only website, al-Khansa, joined several others on the programme to discuss how they renounced jihadist ideology. Among those who sought a response to this question was an imam from the Medina mosque, Saleh Ibn Awad al-Mudamsi, and the father of a young al-Qaeda suspect held in an Iraqi prison. Read More Qaeda Targets U.S. Oil Interests in North Africa U.S.... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040058/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jul 2008 02:02:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1965193/posts Kabul, 4 Feb. (AKI) - United States intelligence sources are reportedly claiming al-Qaeda nuclear weapons expert Abu Khabab al-Misri was the real target of last week's CIA airstrike in northern Pakistan which is said to have killed one of the terror network's key leaders, Abu Laith al-Libi. Al-Misri is reportedly able to make so-called 'dirty bombs' that contain radioactive waste mixed with explosives. US intelligence services reportedly believe that al-Qaeda has since 1997 been seeking to acquire 'dirty bombs' and other weapons of mass destruction. AKI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1965193/posts#comment Tue, 5 Feb 2008 12:01:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052978/posts Officials: Al Qaeda's Mad Scientist Killed One of al Qaeda's top chemical and biological weapons experts was killed in an air strike by a CIA pilotless drone in a remote Pakistani border region, senior Pakistani intelligence officials told CBS News Tuesday morning. Intelligence officials investigating the Sunday night missile attack confirmed that Midhat Mursi al-Sayid Umar, also known as Abu Khabab al-Masri was one of six men killed and his remains had been positively identified. "We now have a positive ID on the body. I can confirm to you that Al-Masri has been killed," CBS news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052978/posts#comment Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:09:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052790/posts <p>Al-Qaeda's top expert on chemical and biological weapons is believed to have been killed Monday in a suspected US missile strike in Pakistan's lawless tribal areas, security officials said.</p> <p>Egyptian militant Midhat Mursi al-Sayid Umar, also known as Abu Khabab al-Masri, had a five-million-dollar bounty on his head and allegedly trained hundreds of extremists at camps in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region.</p> AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052790/posts#comment Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:11:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052753/posts WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suspected U.S. missile strike on a Pakistani madrasa near the Afghan border killed six people on Monday, possibly including an al Qaeda chemical and biological weapons expert, Pakistani security officials said. A senior Pakistani security official said Abu Khabab al-Masri, an Egyptian chemist regarded as one of al Qaeda's top bomb makers, could have been the target. Monday's pre-dawn attack blitzed a house close to a madrasa used by militants near Azam Warsak village, about 20 km (12 miles) west of Wana, the main town of the South Waziristan tribal region, a known hotbed of... ReutersUK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052753/posts#comment Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:02:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2015419/posts US slashes reward for al-Qaida Iraq leader By MATTHEW LEE and PAULINE JELINEK, Associated Press Writer 24 minutes ago WASHINGTON - The Bush administration has slashed its reward for the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq from $5 million to $100,000 because it feels he's lost effectiveness and is no longer worth such a steep price, officials said Tuesday. Over the course of the last year, the government first reduced the bounty for Abu Ayyub al-Masri from $5 million to $1 million and then removed him entirely from the State Department's Rewards for Justice Program, which pays tipsters for information leading... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2015419/posts#comment Tue, 13 May 2008 19:55:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2015026/posts The U.S. government has quietly withdrawn a $5 million reward it was offering for the killing or capture of Abu Ayyub al-Masri, named by Pentagon officials as the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq. US News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2015026/posts#comment Tue, 13 May 2008 00:30:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013488/posts BAGHDAD, May 9 (Reuters) - A man seized by Iraqi forces in the northern city of Mosul is not Abu Ayyub al-Masri, the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, a senior U.S. military official said on Friday. "He has not been detained," the official told Reuters, without giving further details. Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013488/posts#comment Fri, 9 May 2008 09:23:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013251/posts BAGHDAD — The leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, was arrested in the northern city of Mosul, the Iraqi Defense Ministry spokesman said Thursday. Mohammed al-Askari said the arrest of al-Masri, also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, was confirmed to him by the Iraqi commander of the province. There was no immediate confirmation or comment from U.S. forces. News of the arrest was also reported by Iraqi state television. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013251/posts#comment Thu, 8 May 2008 21:33:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004499/posts CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — A man claiming to be the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq vowed in an audiotape released Saturday to launch a monthlong offensive against U.S. troops. There was no independent confirmation that the voice belonged to Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, also known as Abu Ayyub al-Masri, but it sounded exactly like the one heard on previous audiotapes. Al-Muhajir has been the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq since his predecessor Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in a U.S. airstrike northeast of Baghdad in 2006. "We call on our beloved ones ... that each unit should present the head of... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004499/posts#comment Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:55:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004294/posts CAIRO, Egypt — A man claiming to be the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq vowed in an audiotape released Saturday to launch a monthlong offensive against U.S. troops. There was no independent confirmation that the voice belonged to Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, also known as Abu Ayyub al-Masri, but it sounded exactly like the one heard on previous audiotapes. Al-Muhajir has been the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq since his predecessor Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in a U.S. airstrike northeast of Baghdad in 2006. "We call on our beloved ones ... that each unit should present the head... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004294/posts#comment Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:08:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999359/posts Abu Obaidah al-Masri, the militant chief believed to be a senior planner of al-Qaeda's attacks in Afghanistan, has died, US intelligence sources say. They said they believed Masri, a major operational figure within al-Qaeda linked to attacks in the UK and elsewhere, died of "natural causes". "The sense is that he is dead," a US official said. A US official told the BBC that Masri had apparently died within the last two months, probably of hepatitis. The Egyptian-born militant was described by both US and British counter-terrorism officials as head of external operations for al-Qaeda's core leadership. BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999359/posts#comment Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:41:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995304/posts Afghanistan to Ask NATO for Bigger Army Afghan officials will go to the NATO summit in Romania Thursday with a request: pay to increase our national Army by 40 percent. A bigger Army, Afghan officials argue, will allow the US and other coalition members to scale back in the coming years. This appeal comes amid pleas from the US and Canada for other NATO members to commit more to the Afghanistan mission, which many analysts say has floundered over the past year for lack of resources and a coherent strategy. France is expected to contribute another 1,000 forces and... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995304/posts#comment Wed, 2 Apr 2008 03:13:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1998959/posts <p>Fox News Alert just now. On the website, top banner. No story yet...</p> Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1998959/posts#comment Wed, 9 Apr 2008 14:27:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1998809/posts Predator missile strike? Delta Force hit-and-run deep behind enemy lines? Nope. Better: The senior al Qaida operative who helped direct the 2005 London subway bombings and a plot to blow up commercial airliners over the Atlantic Ocean has died in Pakistan’s tribal region, U.S. counter terrorism officials said Tuesday.The senior militant, an Egyptian who used the nom de guerre Abu Ubaida al-Masri, recently succumbed to hepatitis, they said. Never heard of him? Most people haven’t. The Times devoted a few paragraphs to him in a story last May about the next generation of Al Qaeda leadership, but I can’t even... Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1998809/posts#comment Wed, 9 Apr 2008 03:42:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996175/posts The militant is known as Abu Ubaida al Masri, and charting his path reveals his vulnerabilities and those of the terrorist group. COPENHAGEN -- If Al Qaeda strikes the West in the coming months, it's likely the mastermind will be a stocky Egyptian explosives expert with two missing fingers. His alias is Abu Ubaida al Masri. Hardly anyone has heard of him outside a select circle of anti-terrorism officials and Islamic militants. He has overseen the major plots that the network needs to stay viable, investigators say: the London transportation bombings in 2005, a foiled transatlantic "spectacular" aimed at U.S.-bound... Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996175/posts#comment Thu, 3 Apr 2008 17:23:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1966586/posts LONDON - Britain's Home Office on Thursday approved the extradition of an Islamic preacher who is accused of trying to establish a terrorist training camp in Oregon, a spokesman said. Abu Hamza al-Masri was arrested on an U.S. extradition warrant in May 2004, but the process was put on hold while he stood trial in Britain and then appealed his convictions. The Home Office's approval of his extradition means the preacher could be sent to the United States within a month's time. "The Home Secretary today has signed an order approving the extradition," a Home Office spokesman said, speaking on... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1966586/posts#comment Thu, 7 Feb 2008 19:35:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1055216/posts <p>WASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence agencies have launched a worldwide manhunt for al Qaeda's master bombmaker, who may be building a "dirty" bomb and other new devices for terror attacks inside the United States, sources said.</p> <p>U.S. counterterrorism officials told The Post it was new information about the activities of Egyptian-born bomb maker Midhat Mursi, in part, that led the Bush administration to secretly dispatch Department of Energy radiological detection teams to New York and four other cities over New Year's Eve.</p> New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1055216/posts#comment Sat, 10 Jan 2004 10:41:14 GMT