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April 09, 2005
Saudi Confirms : 2 Top Al Qaeda Leaders Killed
Updating a previous post, from the AFP via the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) :
Saudi Arabia said on Saturday its security forces had killed the Al Qaeda chief in the kingdom and the Moroccan mastermind of the Madrid train bombings in a three-day gunbattle which dealt a heavy blow to the terror network. Saud al-Otaibi, "head of the gang" responsible for a string of shootings and bombings since May 2003, and Abdel Karim al-Mejati were among 15 extremists killed in Al-Qassim, some 320 kilometres north of Riyadh and viewed as a haven for Islamist militants, the interior ministry said.
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The killing of Otaibi, whom the ministry portrayed as the militants' chief and identified by his middle name of al-Qotaini, and Mejati, had previously been reported but not confirmed in an official statement.

Posted by Alan Brain at April 9, 2005 10:39 PM | TrackBack
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