Sunday, August 3, 2008

Al Qaeda Posting Confirms Death of Weapons Expert

Bit by bit...
WSJ
KABUL, Afghanistan -- In a blow to al Qaeda in Pakistan, the terrorist group confirmed Sunday that one of its top weapons researchers, Abu Khabab al-Masri, was killed, apparently in a U.S. missile strike.

Abu Khabab al-Masri
For more than a decade, Mr. Masri moved in the top echelons of al Qaeda as a bomb maker and innovator of the group's mostly feckless attempts to build viable chemical and biological weapons. While his expertise is replaceable, Mr. Masri's death further degrades the old guard who were trusted by al Qaeda leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman Zawahri. (
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