Major Al Qaeda operative killed in missile strike. (And Al Qaeda insults Obama.)
Posted by Carlos C. on Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
A major Al-Qaeda operative of Arab origin was among six militants killed overnight in a suspected US missile strike in northwest Pakistan, a senior security official told AFP Wednesday.
Security sources identified the militant as Abdullah Azam al-Saudi, a senior member in Osama bin Laden’s Al-Qaeda network.
“He was a senior commander of Al-Qaeda and was involved in recruiting and training of fighters,” the senior official said.
According to US intelligence shared with Pakistan, al-Saudi was the main link between Al-Qaeda’s senior command and Taliban networks in the Pakistani border region, an Islamabad-based senior security official said.
“He was the man coordinating between Al-Qaeda and Taliban commanders on this side of the border, and also involved in recruiting and training fighters,” the official told AFP.
He is the second high-profile Al-Qaeda operative killed in recent US missile strikes in Pakistan’s rugged tribal region bordering Afghanistan.
Egyptian Al-Qaeda operative Abu Jihad al-Masri, described by the US as Al-Qaeda’s propaganda chief, was killed in a missile strike in Pakistan in the early hours of November 1.
He was among several rebels killed when two missiles fired by a suspected US spy drone hit a truck in the North Waziristan tribal region bordering Afghanistan, security officials said.
I love Predator drones.
Also, according to Breitbart.com, Al Qaeda called Barack Obama a “house negro” and said that Obama “is not an honorable African-American”.
I guess Al Qaeda does not believe in Hope and Change.
UPDATE 1: Ed Morrissey on Hot Air says that Ayman al-Zawahiri received his cue to call Barack Obama a “house slave” and “house negro” from Harry Belafonte.
Funny stuff.
UPDATE 2: Michelle Malkin writes that Barack Obama’s call for “empathy” did not work.
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That’s just GREAT!(sarcasm) Al qaeda has no respect now for the man that is supposed to be our leader!