Al-Qaeda chemical expert 'killed'

[5stringJeff]

Score another one for the good guys. I hope this is part of a larger campaign to hunt down al-Qaeda in Pakistan.

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Reports from Pakistan say a leading al-Qaeda chemical weapons expert, Midhat Mursi al-Sayid Umar, has been killed in a missile strike.

Taleban officials in the tribal area of South Waziristan confirmed to the BBC that he was killed in a missile strike that left at least six people dead.

The US, which has a reward of $5m on his head, said it had no information.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7529419.stm

[Gaffer]

If there aren't a bunch of people killed with the target of an air strike the taliban will make sure there are. They must have been innocent civilians cause he would never be surrounded by friends and body guards.

[MtnBiker]

It may be possible that al - Zawahiri could have been killed as well.


(CBS) Ayman al-Zawahiri - the second most powerful leader in al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden's No. 2 - may be critically wounded and possibly dead, CBS News chief foreign affairs correspondent Lara Logan reports exclusively.

CBS News has obtained a copy of an intercepted letter from sources in Pakistan, which urgently requests a doctor to treat al-Zawahiri. He's believed to be somewhere in Pakistan's remote tribal areas of Pakistan.

The letter refers to Sheikh Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri by name - and says that he is in "severe pain" and his "injuries are infected."

It is reportedly written by local Taliban leader, Baitullah Mehsud, whose signature and seal are visible on the letter.

The Taliban logo and the Mehsud's seal have been confirmed by experts as legitimate.


http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/01/eveningnews/main4316193.shtml
Right on!

[Kathianne]

It may be possible that al - Zawahiri could have been killed as well.



http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/01/eveningnews/main4316193.shtml
Right on!

Let's hope! I wonder if OBL is still alive? If not, perhaps him too.