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US Kills Al Qaeda Mastermind of Airline Liquid Bomb Plot - Rashid Rauf

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In what would be another major blow to al Qaeda, a CIA missile strike reportedly killed the long-sought British al Qaeda figure believed to have coordinated and planned the 2006 plot to use liquid bombs to blow up eight aircraft bound for the United States and Canada.

27-year old Rashid Rauf was killed, according to Pakistani officials, in an unmanned Predator missile strike against a home in the North Waziristan village of Khaisur shortly before dawn today.

A senior Pakistani intelligence official told ABCNews.com his death cannot be officially confirmed until the results of DNA tests are known because the bodies were burned beyond recognition in the attack.

But the official said the U.S. believes it is certain Rauf was killed.

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5 Comments »

  • Ace Cool said:

    Good Shootin’ Tex!

    - 23 November 2008 at 11:59 am
  • GLRP007 said:

    Great Job! That’s one more off the list we do not have to worry about. To the personnel controlling the unmanned Predators, Keep up the good work!

    - 23 November 2008 at 4:01 pm
  • GEM said:

    Way 2 go!! Does this mean that we are now getting closer to bin Laden and his #2 al Zawahiri? Like I said in another post, I get a gut feeling their fate is COMING VERY SOON.The technology is there, if this terroist has been hiding this long and he FINALLY HAS BEEN FOUND well it is now OBL and Zawahiri for their time to come to an end NOW!! BEFORE IT IS TO LATE AND THEY CAN TURN THEIR FOREBODING/PROPAGANDA THREATS INTO REALITY. If Pakistan is not going to help then someone has to do the job. It sounds as though to me Pakistan knows where these two are and not talking/protecting them. What is everyone else opinion on this? Does anyone else think Pakistan may be protecting them, and that may be why they are on the defensive to stop the CIA drone attacks? Keep up the great work our brave and proud U.S. Troops and our allies!! GOD BLESS THE US!

    - 23 November 2008 at 6:22 pm
  • didz17 said:

    yeaaa!! that’ s it ! let’ s clean up those silly terrorist !!! america needs peace….

    - 24 November 2008 at 2:38 am
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    - 24 November 2008 at 6:41 am

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