Al Qaeda Propaganda Chief Killed in Pakistan by U.S.
Pakistan officials told the Agence France-Presse Saturday that the U.S. military had succeeded Friday night in taking out one Al Qaeda’s main leaders: Egyptian Abu Jihad al-Masri.
Al-Masri was Al Qaeda’s chief of propaganda. He was born in Egypt but worked for the terrorist organization in Iran, until the moved to Pakistan’s tribal area in 2005 or 2006.
He was killed yesterday when he was on the move with two fellow Al Qaeda members. A U.S. drone fired missiles at the truck the three men were traveling in, all were killed.
The US State Department’s Rewards for Justice website explained that al-Masri “is in charge of Al-Qaeda media and propaganda. He may also be the chief of external operations for Al-Qaeda.”
The U.S. considered al-Masri a prime target, putting a $1 million bounty on his head.
“The strike was aimed at a vehicle carrying Abu Jihad and two others. The target was successfully hit and all three people were killed,” a senior Pakistani security official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
It is the umptiest time in only a few weeks time that the U.S. has acted against terrorists in Pakistan, Afghanistan and even Syria in recent weeks. One gets the distinct impression that the U.S. is stepping up its attacks against Al Qaeda, so shortly before the elections and before a new president takes office.
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