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| Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri Bagged! |
| 2002-11-21 |
| Al Qaeda leader Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the network's chief of operations in the Persian Gulf, has been captured, senior U.S. government officials said Thursday. Al-Nashiri, a suspected mastermind of the USS Cole bombing in October 2000, was captured in an undisclosed foreign country earlier this month and is in U.S. custody, officials said. Let the celebration begin! He is the highest-ranking al Qaeda operative captured since the CIA, FBI and Pakistani authorities captured bin Laden's operations chief, Abu Zubaydah, in Faisalabad, Pakistan, in March. Al-Nashiri is suspected in a number of other al Qaeda terrorist plots, including the 1998 East Africa embassy bombings. One of the suicide bombers in the attack on the Nairobi embassy, known only as Azzam, is believed to have been his cousin. Al-Nashiri is said to be either Saudi or Yemeni. The capture of al-Nashiri is the latest reported success in the U.S. effort to capture or kill top al Qaeda chiefs. On Nov. 3, a CIA Predator drone fired a missile at a car carrying several suspected al Qaeda operatives, killing six, including al Qaeda's top Yemen operative, Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi, who is also suspected of involvement in the Cole plot. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #3 From Straits Times a mere two months ago: "Al-Nashiri is more of a mystery. A Saudi who is also known as Umar Mohammed al-Harazi and Abu Bilal al-Makki, he is considered a step below Mohammed in the Al-Qaeda hierarchy. He seems to have a particular hatred for the US Navy and is suspected of involvement in plots on four naval targets in the past three years. Al-Nashiri is believed to be a mastermind of the October 2000 bombing of the destroyer USS Cole, which was hit by a small boat full of explosives in Aden, Yemen. US officials believe he was in Afghanistan when the war began last October. He is thought to have moved to Pakistan when the Taleban fell." The bad part about pulling these jobs is that you've got to pop your pointy little head up to see what you're doing. Having somebody there with a mallet looks funny in a kiddy game, but it hurts when it actually hits your turban. I'll be outside ululating for the next hour or so... |
| Posted by: Fred 2002-11-21 15:00:27 |
| #2 I hope Fred has enough ammo for his AK-47. |
| Posted by: Steve 2002-11-21 14:51:39 |
| #1 {does Snoopy dance} According to the article I read, this guy has a real hardon for the US Navy, multiple plots against our ships. One of which failed because they put too much explosive into the boat and it sank. {Damn, there goes those laws of physics again!} |
| Posted by: Chuck 2002-11-21 14:35:45 |