al-Qaida Leader Killed in Saudi Raid

[Kellanved]

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - The leader of al-Qaida in Saudi Arabia was believed killed in a raid in the capital Friday, hours after his group claimed the beheading of an American engineer, Saudi security officials said.

A U.S. official confirmed that al-Moqrin has been killed. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the information.

To establish identities, one Saudi official said forensic tests would be conducted on three bodies of militants killed in a shootout in a downtown neighborhood shortly after the discovery of Paul M. Johnson Jr.'s body.

The killing of Abdulaziz al-Moqrin, 31, would be a coup for the Saudi goverment, which has been under intense pressure to halt a wave of attacks against Westerners in the kingdom.

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http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2004/06/18/ap/headlines/d839mm880.txt

[LiberalEconomist]

1. Good Heavens!!

Prince Bandar is dead?

[madmax]

2. MSNBC showed 2 pictures of the terrorist

Anyone see them? They look phoney - something just not right about them. They look like composite sketches or something like that. :shrug:

[daleo]

3. They probably just killed someone at random

To make it look like they are in control, and that the American engineer, Paul Johnson's death has been avenged.

[Moderator]

4. duplicate

Please continue in this earlier thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=631435&mesg_id=631435