Al-Qaeda confirms fugitive's death

[ECH1969]

AL-QAEDA has confirmed the death of a senior lieutenant to the movement's chief Osama bin Laden, according to a video posted on the Internet today which also announced a coming "victory" in Iraq.

An al-Qaeda leader who gave his name as Abu Yahia al-Libi said in the video that the Kuwaiti-born Omar al-Farouk had "fallen a martyr" in Iraq, and detailed his career in militancy, which began in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Farouk, who was 35 and also went by the name Mahmud Ahmed Mohammed al-Rashid, had been accused of leading the al-Qaeda Islamist network in Southeast Asia.

He apparently made his way to Iraq, his parents' birthplace, where British troops tracked him down. In the video, Abu Yahia - a Libyan thought to be among those who escaped from Bagram with Farouk in July 2005 - also said signs were emerging of an al-Qaeda victory in Iraq.

"Your primary enemy (the United States) recognises with full humility that its entry into Iraq was a mistake... Persevere. The first signs of victory in Iraq are showing," he said.

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,20693147-5006506,00.html

[AnnieBW]

1. Another AQ #3 Guy

The most dangerous job in the world. :D

[C_U_L8R]

2. It must suck to be Number Three

a word of warning to all of us

[AlCzervik]

3. Am I the only that finds it more than a little strange that AL-QAEDA

confirms these things?

[Parche]

4. Irak

Wow, the CIA has this stuff covered, is this the Novembra surprise?