News of his death was widely disputed inside and outside Afghanistan, but three days later, the death confirmation came from Pakistan where the Taliban's Ambassador Abd Al-Salam Dhaif said "Abu Hafs al-Masri's died from injuries he suffered after US warplanes bombed his house near Kabul." http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/D2D48F79-B330-40E3-A17D-B4CDD01EE1A0.htm
What's this? He's Undead! AND he was an Egyptian. He's no longer on the FBI "Most Wanted Terrorist" list, either.
A real bogeyman.
IMHO, This "news story" is bogus.
Now if he had said "Abu Hafs Al-Masri Brigades" I might give it a little bit of credibility, but he didn't ... so I won't.
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----- Original Message ----- From: uvj at vsnl.com To: lbo Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 4:13 PM Subject: [lbo-talk] Saudi militant funded Beslan raid
The Hindu Thursday, Sep 30, 2004 Saudi militant funded Beslan raid: Russia By Vladimir Radyuhin
MOSCOW, SEPT. 29. The school hostage-taking raid in Beslan, southern Russia, earlier this month was financed by a Saudi militant, the Russian military has said.
Abu Hafs, a Saudi national, funded the siege in North Ossetia and a foiled terror strike in Dagestan, another region neighbouring Chechnya. Abu Hafs has replaced Abu al-Walid, a Saudi killed earlier this year, as the foreign fund-raiser for Chechen rebels. Russian sources said the two Saudis and Omar Ibn al-Khattab, a warlord killed in Chechnya in 2002 met Osama bin Laden.
In the early 1990s, the three militants fought in Tajikistan before Osama ordered them to move to Chechnya.
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