Abu Zubair al-Masri
Egyptian al-Qaeda member
Abu Zubair al-Masri was a top Al-Qaeda operative originally from Egypt. He was an explosives expert. He was killed in a drone attack on November 22, 2008 in village of Ali Khel in North Waziristan.[1] He was holding an operational meeting with 4 others including Rashid Rauf who also were killed.[2] The information about the location of al-Masri was provided to the Americans by Pakistani authorities [3]
References
- ^ Airstrike Kills Qaeda-Linked Militant in Pakistan, The New York Times, 2008-11-23
- ^ Top al-Qaeda terrorist Abu Zubair al-Masri ‘was missile target in Bush campaign for favourable legacy’, The Times, 2008-11-25
- ^ How US plotted to get UK's most wanted terrorist, The Independent, 2008-11-24
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Al-Qaeda
- Saif al-Adel
- Abd al-Rahman al-Maghribi
- Ahmad Umar
- Iyad Ag Ghaly
- Ezedin Abdel Aziz Khalil
- Abu Ubaidah Youssef al-Annabi
- Ali Sayyid Muhamed Mustafa al-Bakri
- Ibrahim al-Banna
- Ibrahim al Qosi
- Abu Walid al-Masri
- Mohammed Showqi Al-Islambouli
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- 2019 Naval Air Station Pensacola shooting
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