One of the leaders of the international terrorist network Al-Qaeda, Egyptian Abu Ubeidi al-Misri (not to be confused with his namesake and fellow countryman operating in Iraq), died “near the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan” from illness. “There is reason to believe that this major leadership figure is dead,” a US counterterrorism source told reporters, explaining that the terrorist, who was in his fifth decade, most likely died of hepatitis. British intelligence services believe al-Mysri was the organizer of the bombings of three subway trains and a passenger bus in London on July 7, 2005. Then, in addition to the four suicide bombers, 52 people were killed and over 700 were injured. He is also suspected of preparing terrorist attacks foiled by the intelligence services against US and Canadian airlines flying on August 10, 2006 from London to various cities in North America.
This al-Qaeda activist gained combat experience in Chechnya, where he fought on the side of the separatists, and in Bosnia. Then he moved to Afghanistan, where, before the military operation launched by the Americans in October 2001, he was an instructor in one of the Taliban military camps. Western intelligence agencies have been hunting for the terrorist for a long time; earlier there were reports that he was destroyed with the help of American Predator unmanned aircraft.
Alexey SLOBODIN
The terrorist was killed by hepatitis • Vremya novostej • RIMA — Russian Independent Media Archive
