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Baltimore Sun
February 8, 2008
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan--One of al-Qaida's top figures, Abu Laith al-Libi, has been killed in Pakistan, an Islamist Web site announced yesterday. Pakistani officials and residents said a dozen people, including seven Arabs, died in a missile strike in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border. Al-Libi was believed to be the key link between the Taliban and al-Qaida and was blamed for masterminding the bombing of an American base while Vice President Dick Cheney was visiting Afghanistan last year. He was listed among the Americans' 12 most-wanted men, with a bounty of $200,000 on his head. A Web site that often carries announcements from militant groups said al-Libi had been "martyred with a group of his brothers in the land of Muslim Pakistan," but gave no details.
February 8, 2008
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan--One of al-Qaida's top figures, Abu Laith al-Libi, has been killed in Pakistan, an Islamist Web site announced yesterday. Pakistani officials and residents said a dozen people, including seven Arabs, died in a missile strike in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border. Al-Libi was believed to be the key link between the Taliban and al-Qaida and was blamed for masterminding the bombing of an American base while Vice President Dick Cheney was visiting Afghanistan last year. He was listed among the Americans' 12 most-wanted men, with a bounty of $200,000 on his head. A Web site that often carries announcements from militant groups said al-Libi had been "martyred with a group of his brothers in the land of Muslim Pakistan," but gave no details.