Killed al-Qaeda leader identified

After a predator missile took down an al-Qaeda leader, he is identified as Abu Laith al-Libi.

Syed Saleem Shahzad with Adn Kronos International News, Italy, reported Friday, Feb. 1, on the take-down of an al-Qaeda leader near Mir Ali in North Waziristan.

Our U.S. military boys kick [posterior] and took names; the leader’s is one we can actually pronounce:

A missile strike, believed targeted by a CIA Predator aircraft, killed Abu Laith al-Libi…widely regarded as one of the senior leaders in al-Qaeda's hierarchy. His death was a victory for the U.S. anti-terrorist offensive.

Pakistan's armed forces public relations' chief refused to comment on the killing, and Pakistan's interior minister Hamid Nawaz denied any knowledge of the attack.

Former head of Pakistan's ISI intelligence service, retired Lt. General Hamid Gul condemned the attack. The CIA violated the "sanctity of Pakistan's borders - Pakistan should protest,” he said.

In an interview, Gul said it was not the first time CIA drones violated Pakistan's borders, and such action was unacceptable. ”They have laser guided system and imagery intelligence through which their task forces spot the target," Gul said.

"Through the same system they targeted Nek Mohammed, a Pakistani Taliban commander in South Waziristan, and Hamza Rabia, al-Qaeda leader in North Waziristan," he added.

"Now they have carried out this strike in North Waziristan in which they claim to have killed a senior al-Qaeda leader.”

Gul was head of Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence service between 1987 and 1989, and he worked closely with the CIA during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.

He reportedly…called on Muslims to "stand united to confront the US in its war on terror" after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania.

Gul said he did not agree with media reports that al-Libi was a very significant commander.

“I have serious reservations when they maintain that they hit a target which was number one or two or three in al-Qaeda hierarchy," Gul said.

The war on terrorists continues globally, and news of some victories come our way – what is being done to defeat Islamist Muslim terrorist cells in America?

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