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Offline Chris_

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Al-Qaida confirms death of leading commander al-Masri
« on: August 03, 2008, 10:08:53 PM »
Al-Qaida confirms death of leading commander al-Masri
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CAIRO - Al-Qaida yesterday confirmed 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 had a $5-million bounty on his head from the United States, and was believed to have been killed in a suspected U.S. airstrike in Pakistan last week.

In an Internet statement, Al-Qaida said al-Masri and three other top figures were killed, though it did not provide details of their deaths. 
 
Pakistani authorities have said they believe al-Masri is one of six people who were killed in an American airstrike on July 28 on a compound in South Waziristan, a lawless tribal region near the Afghan border.

Good job.  We need to get this other al-Masri SOB next.
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Re: Al-Qaida confirms death of leading commander al-Masri
« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2008, 10:10:53 PM »
If you can't say something good........He's dead? That's GOOD!
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Re: Al-Qaida confirms death of leading commander al-Masri
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2008, 05:51:09 AM »
how many al masri's are there? his name sounded familiar. I thought we got him in an airstrike a year ago. am I dreaming?
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Re: Al-Qaida confirms death of leading commander al-Masri
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2008, 10:32:51 AM »
Quote from: DixieBelle on August 04, 2008, 05:51:09 AM
how many al masri's are there? his name sounded familiar. I thought we got him in an airstrike a year ago. am I dreaming?

Lots.  They're noms de guerre, not real family names.  If I recall correctly, al-Masri refers to some locale, like "The Egyptian" in English ('cept I don't remember if it's actually Egypt or some damn other sandbox), so there's lot of "al-Jihadis," "al-Syrianis," etc.
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Re: Al-Qaida confirms death of leading commander al-Masri
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2008, 02:14:11 PM »
I hope his time in HELL is nice and hot.
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