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| Zapee ID'd as Mohammed Usman |
| 2010-10-08 |
| The US killed a senior aide to Osama bin Laden who served as a key link to al Qaeda, the Taliban, and other jihadist factions in Pakistan. Mohammed Usman, a Pakistani citizen from Punjab province who was wanted for the murder of a policeman in 1997, was killed in one of the five Predator strikes this week in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan, according to the Asia Times. Usman was a key member of Ilyas Kashmiri's Brigade 313, al Qaeda's military formation in Pakistan, and also helped to unite al Qaeda and multiple Pakistani terror groups. Usman, who is also known as Chotu and Punjabi Usman, was a prominent member of Pakistan's jihadist circles during the 1990s, and went to Afghanistan after the US invasion following the 9/11 attacks in 2001. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #1 Mmmmmmmmmm...gravy. The strike that killed Usman had apparently targeted high-profile Arabs, Uzbeks and Europeans in North Waziristan - American intelligence was unaware that he was in the area; he was collateral damage. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-10-08 21:26 |