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| Afghanistan |
| Tass sez Zawahiri's toes up... |
| 2002-10-03 |
| Ayman al-Zawahiri, considered Osama bin Laden's top aide, has been killed in Afghanistan, Russia's ITAR-TASS news agency reported yesterday, citing informed sources. "Tink! Tink! Don't peg out! I believe! I really believe!" Actually ITAR/TASS isn't the best of all possible sources... But I believe... If I believe hard enough, it'll be so, won't it? In a report from Islamabad, the agency cited sources as saying that al-Zawahiri was not killed in fighting but in a special operation carried out by unidentified individuals. It did not give any date. On September 11, a London-based Islamist said al-Zawahiri had recently married two widows of a comrade killed in the US-led campaign in Afghanistan. And an entire brigade of the 82nd Airborne popped out of the wedding cakes and... No. I doubt it... An Afghan military chief said in December 2001 that Zawahiri had been injured and possibly killed in an air attack near the Tora Bora cave complex south of the eastern city of Jalalabad. Got his family, so maybe they got part of him, too. That's why he needed some new wives... Thanks to Paul for the headzup! |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #2 Prob'ly way too much to hope for... |
| Posted by: Fred 2002-10-04 13:47:52 |
| #1 US Military says they don't think he's dead. |
| Posted by: Steve 2002-10-04 13:10:01 |