Khorasan leader killed by U.S. air strike in Syria last week, Al-Qaida member tweets

[flamingdem]

Source: Haaretz

SITE monitoring service said Mohsin al-Fadhil was killed on Sunday, following several days of uncertainty over whether he survived a raid on September 23.

REUTERS - A Twitter account run by an Al-Qaida member said the leader of the Al-Qaida-linked Khorasan group was killed in a U.S. air strike in Syria, SITE monitoring service said on Sunday, following several days of uncertainty over whether he survived the raid.

A U.S. official on September 24 said the United States believed Mohsin al-Fadhli, a senior Al-Qaida operative, had been killed in a strike a day earlier, but the Pentagon said several hours later that it was still investigating what had happened to him.

In a message posted on Sept. 27, the jihadist offered condolences for the death of Kuwaiti-born Fadhli, otherwise known as Abu Asmaa al-Kuwati or Abu Asmaa al-Jazrawi, following the September 23 air strike, SITE reported.

U.S. officials have described Khorasan as a network of seasoned Al-Qaida fighters with battlefield experience mostly in Pakistan and Afghanistan that is now working in league with Al-Qaida's Syrian affiliate, the Nusra Front.

Read more: http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/1.618048

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This is a victory for the coalitions goal of "decapitation".

*They need a new term for getting rid of leaders in this conflict!

[Schema Thing]

1. then again, they could be lying.

In fact I would expect them to.

[flamingdem]

3. I think they had decent Intel on this guy and his whereabouts

and that this is just confirmation that their strike was successful.

I don't think they pretend that a leader is dead but who knows.

Do you know if there is a case where a leader's death was faked? For instance was there any attempt to take the heat off of Bin Laden by implying he was dead?

[2banon]

4. Yeah, my initial reaction.. either side could be lying..

for tactical purposes.

[CJCRANE]

2. We got the #1!

[flamingdem]

5. It really is good news from a strategic viewpoint

since this guy spent many years in training, knew about 9/11 before it happened and was chosen specifically for this new effort to cause havoc in the US.

So a cautious

[Autumn]

8. Hey how about that #2 ? What a lucky guy he is.

[flamingdem]

10. Note that the Al Quaida tweet didn't announce

the name of #2 who is now numero uno

[flamingdem]

6. PS No wonder the "Syrian Opposition" was whining about the airstrikes

and how Al Nusra (Al Quaida in Syria) was supportive of the civilians blah blah.

They knew that this guy was martyred and were pissed off.

That is the part of the "Syrian Opposition" that's been funded by Whahabbi $, the not so secular bunch.

[cosmicone]

7. Great ...

I hope this strategy continues until all terror initiators and supporters at the highest level are killed.

How about Pakistani generals and ISI?

[Archae]

9. Last thing to go through this butcher's mind?

His teeth!

[George II]

12. The previous was posted in the wrong thread, sorry!