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Al-Qaida Commander Killed in Afghanistan
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — One al-Qaida’s top commanders in Afghanistan and a key liaison with Taliban, Abu Laith al-Libi, was killed according to a Web site used by militant groups.
“We congratulate the Islamic nation for the martyrdom of the sheik, the lion, Abu Laith al-Libi,” said the banner which appeared in a section of the Web site reserved for affiliated militant groups and is not open to public posting.
The Washington-based SITE Institute which monitors militant sites noted that it seems “the announcement of his death has been confirmed to the forum administrators.”
The attack that killed al-Libi appeared to have taken place in Pakistan.
Pakistani intelligence officials and local residents said that a missile hit a compound in a village about 2.5 miles outside Mir Ali in North Waziristan late Monday or early Tuesday, destroying the facility.
In this photo released by IntelCenter, an organization which monitors al-Qaida messaging, a Libyan al-Qaida commander Abu Laith al-Libi speaks during a videotaped interview at undisclosed location by al-Qaida’s al-Sahab media wing on April 27, 2007. Al-Libi was killed in Afghanistan, a Web site used by militant groups said Thursday Jan. 31, 2008. “As the banner was posted … by a webmaster of the forum, it seems as if the announcement of his death has been confirmed to the forum administrators,” the Washington-based SITE Institute which also monitors such sites, said in an e-mail to news organizations. (AP Photo/InterCenter, HO) |
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