01-31-2008, 04:19 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7220823.stm
[size="2"]A senior al-Qaeda leader in Afghanistan, Abu Laith al-Libi, has been killed, Western counter-terrorism officials have told the BBC. [/size] [size="2"]News of his death emerged on a website used by Islamist groups. Ekhlaas.org said he had "fallen as a martyr". [/size]
[size="2"]The Western officials have refused to reveal how he was killed. [/size]
[size="2"]US intelligence agencies have been investigating reports that a top al-Qaeda figure was killed in the Afghan-Pakistan border area this week. [/size]
[size="2"]A missile attack in Pakistan's North Waziristan area reportedly killed 12 or 13 militants. [/size]
[size="2"]A Pakistani daily paper, the News, reported that the suspected US strike was aimed at Libi and another senior figure, Obaidah al-Masri. [/size]
[size="2"]A senior al-Qaeda leader in Afghanistan, Abu Laith al-Libi, has been killed, Western counter-terrorism officials have told the BBC. [/size] [size="2"]News of his death emerged on a website used by Islamist groups. Ekhlaas.org said he had "fallen as a martyr". [/size]
[size="2"]The Western officials have refused to reveal how he was killed. [/size]
[size="2"]US intelligence agencies have been investigating reports that a top al-Qaeda figure was killed in the Afghan-Pakistan border area this week. [/size]
[size="2"]A missile attack in Pakistan's North Waziristan area reportedly killed 12 or 13 militants. [/size]
[size="2"]A Pakistani daily paper, the News, reported that the suspected US strike was aimed at Libi and another senior figure, Obaidah al-Masri. [/size]