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| Ayman marries a couple widow ladies... |
| 2002-09-12 |
| Osama bin Laden's top aide married two widows of a senior al-Qaida leader killed by a U.S. air strike in Afghanistan last year, a former Egyptian militant leader said Thursday. Ayman al-Zawahri, along with bin Laden, is in hiding from U.S. forces hunting the remnants of the al-Qaida terror network and is thought to be in Afghanistan or Pakistan. Or hanging out with Elvis, down at the Burger King... Al-Zawahiri's marriage to the two women, both widows of Tarek Anwar, a leading member of bin Laden's al-Qaida terror network, "is an indication that al-Zawahri is alive and in good health," said Hani el-Sibaie, a former leader of Egyptian Islamic Jihad now based in London. The wedding pictures would be. Just a statement that it happened isn't. El-Sibaie said he did not know when or where the marriages occurred. The whereabouts of al-Zawahri and bin Laden are unknown. My guess: Ayman's in NWFP, where this is the social event of the year. Binny's in Afghanistan, six feet under... El-Sibaie, speaking to The Associated Press by telephone from London, did not reveal his sources for the news of al-Zawahri's marriage. El-Sibaie runs the Center for Studies and Historical Research, known for releasing information on al-Qaida and other Islamic militant organizations. He's a "legit" front organization... Anwar was killed in November when the United States shelled the southeastern city of Khost as part of its war on terror, el-Sibaie said. He said the wives were with their husband during the bombing. Three of Halawa's children died alongside Anwar. His widows were Sayyeda Halawa, a mother of five, and Omayma Hassan, who is childless. Tough when that happens, ain't it? According to el-Sibaie, Halawa was first married to Ahmed al-Najjar, a Jihad leader executed by Egyptian authorities in 1999. She moved from Albania to Afghanistan with her five children, where she married Anwar. She's a pretty hard luck babe, isn't she? Being passed from jihadi hand to jihadi hand like that, I mean. Al-Zawahri's wife and three children were reportedly killed in December in a U.S. airstrike on Kandahar, Afghanistan. He was not believed to have been with his family at the time. He was reported at the time to have been injured or dead. He was "heard from" on tape a couple days later, nothing since. Thanx to Steve for the headzup! |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 Looks like the al-Qaeda Arabs are prepared to fight to the death of the last Pak-Afghani. That will get them to al-Firdaws (highest place in heaven). |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2002-09-12 18:09:27 |