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Pakistan Reopens Torkham Border Crossing to NATO Supplies

Posted on September 7, 2008 by Thanos

Pakistan shut down the border crossing at Torkham to NATO fuel supplies after a series of raids by the US in Pakistan aimed at taking out the leadership of the Taliban and Al Qaeda. They reoppened the crossing today, and … Continue reading →

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Abu Yazid Appears in New AQ Video of Preparations for Danish Embassey Bombing

Posted on September 4, 2008 by Thanos

New Al Qaeda video is out showing the preparation for bombing the Danish Embassey in Pakistan, and it has footage of Abu Yazid “Saeed” Al Masri. The video is undated, but seems to purport that he is alive. Story here. … 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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