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Two al Qaeda leaders on US list killed
Two Egyptian leaders of al Qaeda, who figure on the US list of 27 targets of its anti-terrorist campaign, Tareq Anwar and Nasr Fahmi, were killed recently in Afghanistan, the Arabic daily `Al-Hayat` reported on Saturday.
Two Egyptian leaders of al Qaeda, who figure on the US list of 27 targets of its anti-terrorist campaign, Tareq Anwar and Nasr Fahmi, were killed recently in Afghanistan, the Arabic daily 'Al-Hayat' reported on Saturday.
Citing Hani Al-Sibai, an Egyptian Islamist living in London, 'Al-Hayat' reported that Tareq Anwar, alias Mohamed Salah and Nasr Fahmi, alias Fathi, were recently killed along with members of their families in US raids against the town of Khost in Afghanistan.
Tareq Anwar and Nasr Fahmi are two leaders of the Egyptian organisation Al-Jihad of Ayman Al-Zawahri, Osama Bin Laden’s right-hand man. The two were condemned to death in Egypt in 1999 in the so-called "returnees from Afghanistan" trial, and their names figure on the US list of targets of its anti-terrorist war published on September 24. They were responsible, according to Egyptian security services, for the special operations committee of the organisation, covering suicide attacks.
All told, 15 leading Egyptian Islamists and their families were killed in Khost, Sibai said. Around 100 Arab combatants linked to Bin Laden have been killed so far in US operations according to Sibai, himself a former member of Jihad who was convicted in the "returnees from Albania" trial.
Prominent among those was Hafs Al-Masri, military chief of Al-Qaeda, who was killed along with 11 of his followers, the day before the Taliban retreat from the Afghan capital, during an American raid against his apartment situated near Kabul, Sibai said.
Bureau Report
Citing Hani Al-Sibai, an Egyptian Islamist living in London, 'Al-Hayat' reported that Tareq Anwar, alias Mohamed Salah and Nasr Fahmi, alias Fathi, were recently killed along with members of their families in US raids against the town of Khost in Afghanistan.
Tareq Anwar and Nasr Fahmi are two leaders of the Egyptian organisation Al-Jihad of Ayman Al-Zawahri, Osama Bin Laden’s right-hand man. The two were condemned to death in Egypt in 1999 in the so-called "returnees from Afghanistan" trial, and their names figure on the US list of targets of its anti-terrorist war published on September 24. They were responsible, according to Egyptian security services, for the special operations committee of the organisation, covering suicide attacks.
All told, 15 leading Egyptian Islamists and their families were killed in Khost, Sibai said. Around 100 Arab combatants linked to Bin Laden have been killed so far in US operations according to Sibai, himself a former member of Jihad who was convicted in the "returnees from Albania" trial.
Prominent among those was Hafs Al-Masri, military chief of Al-Qaeda, who was killed along with 11 of his followers, the day before the Taliban retreat from the Afghan capital, during an American raid against his apartment situated near Kabul, Sibai said.
Bureau Report