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Abu Zubair al-Masri

Abu Zubair al-Masri

Egyptian al-Qaeda member

Abu Zubair al-Masri was a top Al-Qaeda operative originally from Egypt. He was an explosives expert. He was killed in a drone attack on November 22, 2008 in village of Ali Khel in North Waziristan.[1] He was holding an operational meeting with 4 others including Rashid Rauf who also were killed.[2] The information about the location of al-Masri was provided to the Americans by Pakistani authorities [3]

References

  1. [1]
    Airstrike Kills Qaeda-Linked Militant in Pakistan, The New York Times, 2008-11-23
  2. [2]
    Top al-Qaeda terrorist Abu Zubair al-Masri ‘was missile target in Bush campaign for favourable legacy’, The Times, 2008-11-25
  3. [3]
    How US plotted to get UK's most wanted terrorist, The Independent, 2008-11-24
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