Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, seen on Al-Qaeda's as-Sahab Media in February. Yazid,a founder member of Al-Qaeda and a former treasurer to bin Laden, has been killed the terror group has said. (AFP/IntelCenter/File)
predator drone a couple weeks ago,, got a bunch of his family too..
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_al_qaida_believed_killed
Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, seen on Al-Qaeda's as-Sahab Media in February. Yazid,a founder member of Al-Qaeda and a former treasurer to bin Laden, has been killed the terror group has said. (AFP/IntelCenter/File)
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Al-Yazid had little background in leading combat operations. But terrorism experts say his advantage was that he was close to Taliban leader Mullah Omar. As a fluent Pashto speaker known for impeccable manners, al-Yazid enjoyed better relations with the Afghans than many of the al-Qaida Arabs, whom the Afghans found arrogant and abrasive.
That suggested a conscious decision by al-Qaida to embed within the Taliban organization, helping the Afghan allies with expertise and training while at the same time putting an Afghan face on the war.
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He might be hard to replace....