NYT: Israeli operatives eliminated Al-Qaeda's #2 on the streets of Tehran last August at the behest of the United States

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http://www.nytimes.com//vi-assets/static-assets/apple-touch-icon-28865b72953380a40aa43318108876cb.png Al Qaeda's Abu Muhammad al-Masri Secretly Killed in Iran - The New York Times

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Israeli agents shot Abu Muhammad al-Masri on the streets of Tehran at the behest of the U.S., officials said, but no one — Iran, Al Qaeda, the U.S. or Israel — has publicly acknowledged the killing.

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Al Qaeda’s second-highest leader, accused of being one of the masterminds of the deadly 1998 attacks on American embassies in Africa, was killed in Iran three months ago, intelligence officials have confirmed.

 

Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, who went by the nom de guerre Abu Muhammad al-Masri, was gunned down on the streets of Tehran by two assassins on a motorcycle on Aug. 7, the anniversary of the embassy attacks. He was killed along with his daughter, Miriam, the widow of Osama bin Laden’s son Hamza bin Laden.

 

The attack was carried out by Israeli operatives at the behest of the United States, according to four of the officials. It is unclear what role if any was played by the United States, which had been tracking the movements of Mr. al-Masri and other Qaeda operatives in Iran for years.

 

 

[GeneticBlueprint]

The fact that we didn't really hear about this makes me think the US had little to do with it since Donnie wasn't publicly felated by his base afterwards.

[ThreePi]

I feel like Al Qaeda's #2 has been killed a dozen times over the past 10-15 years.

[Xbob42]

3 minutes ago, ThreePi said:

I feel like Al Qaeda's #2 has been killed a dozen times over the past 10-15 years.

And why not? You kill #2, now #3 is #2!