08/08/2009 Al Qaeda and Taliban leaders kille…

Home About LWJ LWJ Staff C ontact LWJ Featured Reports LWJ Maps LWJ Archives RSS PDA

(0)
Support provided by:
Al Qaeda and Taliban leaders killed in US airstrikes
since 2004
By BILL ROGGIO August 7, 2009 1:10 PM

If the death of Baitullah Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban who is thought to
have been killed during the Aug. 5 airstrike in South Waziristan, is confirmed, his name
w ill top of the list of senior al Qaeda and Taliban leaders killed since the US began Join LWJ email list
launching airstrikes into Pakistan's tribal areas in 2004. GO

Baitullah w ould be the first tier one target (senior most al Qaeda and Taliban
Search LWJ
commanders) killed since the Jan. 1, 2009, airstrike that killed Osama al Kini and Sheikh
Ahmed Salim Sw edan. Al Kini was al Qaeda's operations chief in Pakistan, and Swedan
w as his deputy. Both men had been indicted for their roles in the 1998 suicide attacks Search
on the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

Since mid-May 2009, when the US ramped up its campaign to kill Baitullah, three of his On the Radio
military commanders in South W aziristan have been killed in strikes. Bill Roggio joined
Military.com's C hristian
The senior al Qaeda leaders killed in 2008 include Abdullah Azzam al Saudi, a trainer, Lowe to discuss the
airstrike that reportedly
facilitator, and liaison between al Qaeda and the Taliban operating in Pakistan's
killed Baitullah Mehsud,
northw est; Abu Jihad al Masri, the leader of the Egyptian Islamic Group and the chief of and the intelligence behind the
al Qaeda's intelligence branch; Khalid Habib, the commander of the Lashkar al Zil, or reporting. Click here to listen.
Shadow Army, al Qaeda's paramilitary force in Pakistan's northwest and Afghanistan;
LWJ Supports:
Abu Khabab al Masri, the chief of al Qaeda's weapons of mass destruction program and Photos
a master bomb maker; Abu Sulayman Jazairi, the chief of al Qaeda's external network
and a senior trainer, explosives expert, and operational commander; and Abu Laith al
Libi, a senior military commander in Afghanistan and the leader of the reformed Brigade
055 in al Qaeda's paramilitary Shadow Army.

List of High Value Targets killed in Pakistan since 2004

Baitullah Mehsud
The leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan. A US Navy helo replenishes a
Date reported killed: Aug. 5, 2009 cruiser off the Somali coast.

Photos Archiv es
Kifayatullah Anikhel
A Taliban commander under Baitullah Mehsud.
Date killed: July 7, 2009 Videos

Mufti Noor Wali

Suicide bomber trainer for the Taliban and al Qaeda.
Date killed: July 3, 2009

Khwaz Ali Mehsud

A senior deputy to Baitullah Mehsud.
Date killed: June 23, 2009

Abdullah Hamas al Filistini Dawn profiles Baitullah Mehsud.

A senior al Qaeda trainer. Videos Archiv es
Date killed: April 1, 2009

Osama al Kini (aka Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam) Multimedia

Al Qaeda's external operations chief who w as w anted for the 1998 bombings of the US
embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
Date killed: January 1, 2009
A look at the numbers behind
Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan the US airstrikes in Pakistan.
A senior aide to Osama al Kini who was w anted for the 1998 bombings of the US
embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Multimedia Archiv es
Date killed: January 1, 2009.
LWJ in the news:
Abdullah Azzam al Saudi
Served as liaison betw een al Qaeda and the Taliban operating in Pakistan's northwest. UPI cited Bill Roggio's
Azzam facilitated al Qaeda's external operations network. He also served as a recruiter report on Baitullah
Mehsud's potential
and trainer for al Qaeda
successors.
Date killed: November 19, 2008
The Washington Post cited Bill
Abu Jihad al Masri Roggio and Alex Mayer's report
The leader of the Egyptian Islamic Group and the chief of al Qaeda's intelligence branch, on the data behind the US
airstrikes in Pakistan.
and director of al Qaeda's intelligence shura. He also directed al Qaeda's external
operations in Egypt. The Center for International
Date killed: October 31, 2008 Governance Innovation cited C J
Radin's Afghan National Security
Khalid Habib Forces Order of Battle.
The commander of the Lashkar al Zil, or Shadow Army, al Qaeda's paramilitary force in

longwarjournal.org/…/al_qaeda_a… 1/2
08/08/2009 Al Qaeda and Taliban leaders kille…
The commander of the Lashkar al Zil, or Shadow Army, al Qaeda's paramilitary force in The New York Times, the
Pakistan's northwest and Afghanistan. Washington Post, the New York
Date killed: October 16, 2008 Post, the Boston Globe, and UPI
referenced Bill Roggio's
Abu al Hasan al Rimi coverage of the report of Sa'ad
bin Laden's death.
A senior al Qaeda operative.
Date killed: October 2008 - exact date unknown The July issue of the Combating
Terrorism Center's Sentinel cited
Abu Wafa al Saudi Bill Roggio's reports on the
An al Qaeda commander and logistician. Taliban threat to Pakistan's
nuclear program.
Date killed: September 4, 2008
ANI summarized Bill Roggio's
Abu Khabab al Masri report on Sufi Mohammed's
The chief of al Qaeda's w eapons of mass destruction program and a master bomb release.
maker.
The Christian Science Monitor
Date killed: July 28, 2008 cited Bill Roggio's analysis of
Pakistan's offensive in the tribal
Abu Mohammad Ibrahim bin Abi al Faraj al Masri areas.
A religious leader, close to Abu Khabab al Masri.
Voice of America Uzbek
Date killed: July 28, 2008
interviewed Bill Roggio about the
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
Abdul Wahhab al Masri in Pakistan's tribal areas.
A senior aide to Abu Khabab al Masri.
Date killed: July 28, 2008 The June issue of the Combating
Terrorism Center's Sentinel cited
Abu Islam al Masri Bill Roggio and DJ Elliott's
reports on the Lashkar-e-Taiba
Aide to Abu Khabab al Masri. and the Iraqi Security Forces.
Date killed: July 28, 2008
The National Review cited Bill
Abu Sulayman Jazairi Roggio's reporting on the Qazali
The chief of al Qaeda's external network. Jazairi was a senior trainer, an explosives Network's operation in Karbala.
expert, and an operational commander tasked with planning attacks on the W est. The News cited Bill Roggio's
Date killed: March 16, 2008 reporting on Mullah Fazlullah's
likely whereabouts.
Dr. Arshad Waheed (aka Sheikh Moaz)
UPI summarized Bill Roggio's
A mid-level al Qaeda leader.
report on strikes against al
Date killed: May 14, 2008 Qaeda leaders in Pakistan.

Abu Laith al Libi The New York Times referenced

Senior military commander in Afghanistan and the leader of the reformed Brigade 055 in Bill Roggio's embedded report
from the Shurta neighborhood in
al Qaeda's paramilitary Shadow Army. Baghdad in 2007.
Date killed: January 29, 2008
LWJ at The Weekly
Liaquat Hussain Standard
Second-in-command of the Bajaur TNSM.
Date killed: October 30, 2006 Pakistan bans already-banned
terrorist groups
Imam Asad
Shia reconciliation will lead to US
Camp commander for the Black Guard, al Qaeda's elite bodyguard for Osama bin Laden release of Iranian proxies
and Ayman al Zawahiri. Asad was a Chechen w ith close links to Shamil Basayev.
Date killed: March 1, 2006 UN wants negotiations with
Mullah Omar
Abu Hamza Rabia
C lock is ticking on the
Al Qaeda's operational commander. He was involved w ith two assassination plots Mohammed Jawad case
against Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf.
Date killed: December 1, 2005 Pakistan's hypocrisy on the
Taliban
Nek Mohammed US frees Qods Force officers,
A senior Taliban commander in South W aziristan who had links to Osama bin Laden and Iran returns dead bodies
Mullah Omar.
Afghan “peace agreement”
Date killed: June 18, 2004
breaks down in less than a day

Looking for the Afghan exit

The Wanted: Mamoun Darkazanli

(0)
The al Qaeda terrorist from Long
Island

Afghan government cuts a deal

with the Taliban in the North

Covert Radio

Hosted by Brett Winterble

C overt Radio is now being

broadcast between 7pm and
8pm Eastern on Sundays on
1260AM in Los Angeles and
540AM in San Diego . You
can stream the live
broadcast here.

Hom e Te rm s of Use P riva cy Policy

C opyright ©2007 through 2009, P ublic Multim e dia Inc. All R ights R e se rve d.

longwarjournal.org/…/al_qaeda_a… 2/2