longwarjournal.org - 11/19/2008
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This morning's airstrike in Pakistan's Bannu region targeted a senior al Qaeda leader with close ties to Osama bin Laden, sources told The Long War Journal .
The early morning Predator strike is thought to have killed Abdullah Azzam al Saudi, a senior al Qaeda leader operating in Pakistan's ...
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Bill Roggio: Senior al Qaeda leader targeted in airstrike in Bannu, Pakistan
Victory Caucus -- All Content —
... Wednesday, 19 November 2008 Unconfirmed reports indicate Abdullah Azzam al Saudi, al Qaeda's liaison with the Taliban in the tribal areas, was killed in the strike. read ...
U.S. Targets al Qaeda outside of Pakistan’s Tribal Areas
Weekly Standard Blog —
... U.S. Special Operations Forces / the CIA struck yet again in Pakistan’s northwest. A senior al Qaeda leader named Abdullah Azzam al Saudi is thought to have been killed in the unmanned Predator/Reaper airstrike, but this has not been confirmed by U.S. intelligence. Azzam serves as a liaison between al Qaeda and the Taliban, and also is involved with al Qaeda’s “external operations” – meaning they network that plots attacks on the West. ...
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A sketch map of North and South Waziristan. Map from The Khyber Gateway . Click to view.
US unmanned Predator aircraft have struck again inside Pakistan's tribal areas. The latest attack occurred in the Shakai region north of ...
US strikes kills al Qaeda operatives in North & South Waziristan
longwarjournal.org 10/31/2008 — The US has struck again inside Pakistan's lawless tribal areas. The latest airstrike targeted a key al Qaeda facilitator who served as a bridge between the Taliban and al Qaeda. The US is also stating that al Qaeda operative Khalid Habib was killed ...
US kills 6 in strike in Baitullah Mehsud's territory
longwarjournal.org 10/16/2008 — After a relative lull in targeted airstrikes in Pakistan's tribal areas, the US has launched an attack in South Waziristan.
Reports from Pakistan indicate at least six were killed and five were wounded after an unmanned Predator strike aircraft ...
US hits Haqqani Network in North Waziristan
longwarjournal.org 10/22/2008 — After a one week lull in attacks inside Pakistan's tribal areas, US unmanned Predator aircraft struck a compound run by the powerful, al Qaeda-linked Haqqani family in North Waziristan.
The attack occurred early Thursday morning Pakistani time in ...
Al Qaeda's paramilitary 'Shadow Army'
longwarjournal.org 2/9/2009 —
At least one squad of the joint Taliban-al Qaeda Shadow Army operating in Swat.
Al Qaeda has reorganized its notorious paramilitary formations that were devastated during the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and 2002. Al ...
US Predators strike al Qaeda camp in North Waziristan
longwarjournal.org 11/7/2008 — After a one-week lull, the US has struck an al Qaeda training camp inside Pakistan's lawless tribal belt.
US unmanned Predator aircraft fired four missiles into a camp in the village of Kumsham in North Waziristan, AFP reported . Up to 14 people ...
New intelligence report says Pakistan is 'on the edge'
mcclatchydc.com 10/15/2008 — WASHINGTON — A growing al Qaida-backed insurgency, combined with the Pakistani army's reluctance to launch an all-out crackdown, political infighting and energy and food shortages are plunging America's key ally in the war on terror deeper into ...
Report: US aircraft strike in Pakistan's Khyber agency
longwarjournal.org 11/9/2008 — US fighters and artillery batteries struck inside Pakistan's Khyber tribal agency, according to reports from the region. Seven people were reported killed and three were wounded in the strikes.
The strikes occurred after Taliban fighters attacked ...
Former ISI chief linked to banned al Qaeda WMD advisory group
longwarjournal.org 12/8/2008 — A former leader of Pakistan's Inter-Service Intelligence agency has been implicated as serving on the board of a proscribed non-governmental organization that advised al Qaeda and the Taliban on the development of chemical, biological, and nuclear ...
Taliban strike tribal leaders in Bajaur, six killed
longwarjournal.org 11/20/2008 — The Taliban continue to ruthlessly attack the Bajaur tribes that are organizing against the extremists as Pakistan’s practice of compelling the tribes to fight the Taliban may destabilize the region further.
The latest strike, which appears to be ...
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