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First Snow in Pakistan

Posted on November 13, 2008 by Thanos

Snow is falling in the higher passes as people prepare for winter, and the country faces the economic downturn being seen worldwide. Many pin it on the downturn in the US, but the housing bubble burst in the US is really not … Continue reading →

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Pakistan Update

Posted on September 1, 2008 by Thanos

The place this is most evident is in their ongoing war against Pakistan; with Musharraf gone and the fighting still going and reinforced by the most recent Al Zawahiri tape, it’s evident that the war isn’t against the US. It’s a war to achieve temporal power for the Neo-takfirist extremists who compose these groups. Continue reading →

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Confirmed by AQ: Abu Yazid “Saeed” Al Masri Still on the HVT List

Posted on August 20, 2008 by Thanos

As Sahab, Al Qaeda’s media outlet, has released eulogies for two recently killed commanders, but Abu Yazid was not among them and he signed the message. This confirms that the August 12th reports of his demise from unamed Pakistani officials were false reports and leaves Saeed Al Masri on the high value target list. Continue reading →

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Yazid Al Masri Update: Army Spokesman Partially Confirms Death of AQ #3

Posted on August 12, 2008 by Thanos

From the Pakistan Daily Times we have a named source saying that they think Abu Yazid “Saeed” Al Masri is dead. He refuses to confirm until secondary verification from ground sources however.
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Mustafa Abu Al-Yazid aka “Sa’id” Al Qaeda Leader Dead

Posted on August 12, 2008 by Thanos

Originally billed as Al Qaida’s leader in Afghanistan way back in May 2007 in an As Sahab video, he later seemed to have been replaced in subseqent announcements by other AQ leaders in Afghanistan as AQ tried Emir after Emir. He was the quick fill-in after we killed Mullah Dadullah.

He was the one who declared Jihad against Turkey, and later he pops up in the news claiming credit for the Benazir Bhutto assassination for Al Qaeda.
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