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BobbyVan Donating Member (502 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 01:19 PM
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Top al-Qaeda leader reported dead
Edited on Thu Jan-31-08 01:26 PM by BobbyVan
Source: BBC

A senior al-Qaeda leader in Afghanistan, Abu Laith al-Libi, has been killed, senior Western counter-terrorism officials say.

News of Libi's death first emerged on a website used by Islamists groups.

The website, ekhlaas.org, said Libi had "fallen as a martyr", the Reuters news agency reports.

US intelligence agencies have been investigating reports that a top al-Qaeda figure was killed in the Afghan-Pakistan border area this week.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7220823.stm
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 01:20 PM
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1. there are many more to replace him.
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Iwasthere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 01:21 PM
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2. I am sure it was Osama's second in command too
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bullimiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 01:23 PM
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4. one of many. does anyone believe anything that they read anymore?
i sure dont. not without a healthy dose of skepticism.
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SoFlaJet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 02:10 PM
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13. LOL
there was rash of second in commands being lkilled or captured a couple of years ago-it was almost comical
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 01:22 PM
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3. is it their #2 guy?
Apparently being a #2 Al Qaeda guy is like being a redshirt on an Enterprise away team, life-span wise.
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Art_from_Ark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 10:40 PM
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19. Or a CONTROL agent in the opening scene of Get Smart
Edited on Thu Jan-31-08 11:00 PM by Art_from_Ark
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CountAllVotes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 01:24 PM
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5. link ?
n/t
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BobbyVan Donating Member (502 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 01:25 PM
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6. Here's the link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7220823.stm
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CountAllVotes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 01:25 PM
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7. you should go back and edit your original post
n/t

welcome to the DU btw ... :D
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BobbyVan Donating Member (502 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 01:26 PM
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8. Just did - thanks buddy!
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CountAllVotes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 01:29 PM
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11. your welcome!
:D

:kick:
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ReformedChris Donating Member (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 01:28 PM
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9. I can hear Sean Vanity just spewing how...
George W. Bush and the republicans are taking the war to the terrorists and how liberal democrats want to harbor and coddle these murderous terrorists that want to destroy America.... The guy probably slipped getting off the john for all we know! BLAH! How many "Top" leaders can Bu$h notch on his bedpost?
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 01:29 PM
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10. How many "Tops" does this make?!1 n/t
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maddezmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 01:42 PM
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12. was he related to this guy? CIA Rendition: The Smoking Gun Cable
Meanwhile, al Libi, who told fellow prisoners in Bagram he was returned to U.S. custody from Egypt on Nov. 22, 2003, has disappeared. He was not among the "high-value prisoners" transferred to Guantanamo last year.


more:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/11/cia-rendition-t.html
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Mz Pip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 02:12 PM
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14. Never heard of him
Tells you how much focus BushCo has on Afghanistan. Well, whatever. There are plenty more where he came from.

Mz Pip
:dem:
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 02:17 PM
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15. Yep, it's campaign season - lots of Al Qaeda bigshots will be turning up dead
Fear, fear, fear.
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 03:01 PM
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16. Boy, al qaeda must have one hell of a revolving door at their
employment agency.
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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 03:10 PM
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17. Again? nt
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pinniped Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 04:34 PM
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18. It must be Chemical Ali III. I heard they cloned these guys.
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