Sunday, May 11, 2008

More al Qaeda leaders squelched in Afghanistan

KABUL (Reuters) - A prominent member of al Qaeda was killed in fighting with U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan, the group said in a statement posted on an Islamist website on Sunday.

Abu Suleiman al-Otaibi, formerly one of the group's leaders in Iraq, was killed in a "fierce battle with the worshipers of the cross" in Paktia, it said without giving the date of the battle.

(Reuters)

Good news regarding the war on terror if it's true.
The leader of al Qaeda in Afghanistan Mustafa Abu al-Yazid said Qahtani left Iraq about six months ago without giving further details.
But that would imply that al Qaeda was in Iraq, wouldn't it? At least until Qahtani left.


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