Via al Reuters
A leading al Qaeda member in Afghanistan, Abu Laith al-Libi, has been killed, a Web site often used by the group and other Islamists said on Thursday.
A banner on the Ekhlaas.org site said Libi had fallen as a martyr, without giving further details.
It was not immediately clear if Libi’s death was linked to a suspected U.S. missile strike that killed up to 13 foreign militants in Pakistan’s North Waziristan region this week.
From CNN:
The official said al-Libi is “not far below the importance of the top two al Qaeda leaders” — Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri.
See much more at The Jawa Report and Memeorandum.
PS: I suppose this is one of those imperialist activities that Ron Paul and Lefties complain about making them hate us. TS.
Did anyone have him in the Dead Pool?
