Saeed al-Masri

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Saeed al-Masri
BornFebruary 27, 1955
North Waziristan, Pakistan
Other namesSheikh Saeed al-Masri

Mustafa Ahmed Muhammad Uthman Abu al-Yazid (

September 11 attacks two months prior to their execution.[4] He was killed in a targeted killing drone airstrike in Pakistan
on May 21, 2010.

In Pakistan

He was initially arrested among hundreds of others following the assassination of

Sheikh Omar Abd al-Rahman.[6]

As of 1991, al-Masri was working as the financial chief for al-Qaeda, running the Mektabh al-Muhassiba (accounting office) in

NGO projects.[7]

In Sudan

Al-Masri set up a financial office on McNimr Street in Khartoum on June 9, 1993, from where he managed al-Qaeda's payroll. al-Fadl aided al-Masri until he was replaced by Abu Dijana al-Yemeni and Abdallah Lubnani.

After receiving his pilot license,

cesarean section, was begging on the streets for money to allow her entrance to Khartoum's general hospital. Kherchtou went to al-Masri and asked him to cover his wife's medical bills, and was upset upon being informed there was no money to spare and al-Masri suggested he take her to a Muslim charitable hospital for free treatment. He angrily demanded to know "if it was your wife or your daughter, you would take her there", and later recounted that he was angry enough to have shot al-Masri if he had had a gun at the time.[8][9][10][11][12]

Return to Pakistan, claims of death

There is nothing that is worth mentioning about [al-Masri] and we cannot classify him as being one of the well-known leaders that rotated within Al-Qa'ida during at least the past ten years... he is not one of the well-known leaders.

— 
Muntasser al-Zayat commenting on the 2007 video[13]

In May 2007, al-Masri released a video promising Americans that al-Qaeda troops had been training through the winter and were ready to begin a fresh summer offensive in Afghanistan.[13]

In December, al-Masri was said to have claimed responsibility for the

Asia Times Online also reported that it had received a claim of responsibility from al-Masri by telephone.[15]

al-Masri allowed himself to be interviewed on

Danish embassy bombing, which he claimed were carried out by a Saudi follower of al-Qaeda.[16][17]

Pakistan's

Tehrik-i-Taliban spokesman Maulvi Omar, himself captured five days after the attack, denied the claim that al-Masri had been killed.[19][20] Others suggested that the report of his death was a Pakistani attempt to refute recent American accusations that sections of the ISI were still assisting al-Qaeda.[21][22]

On February 9, 2009, the Indian government received a video from al-Yazid in which he reiterated the promise of Pakistani retaliation if India launched a

first strike. This video took everyone by surprise as he was presumed to be dead.[23]

Confirmed death

He was reported as having been killed in a U.S.

drone attack in Pakistan on May 21, 2010, along with his wife, three daughters and granddaughter. His death was confirmed by US officials and al-Qaeda.[24][25][26]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Deletes Eight Individuals from Its Sanctions List | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases".
  2. ^ Whitlock, Craig; Ladaa, Munir (2006). "Al-Qaeda's New Leadership". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
  3. Global Security
    . Retrieved February 7, 2007.
  4. ^ 9/11 Commission p 251
  5. ^ Fox, Senior al-Qaeda commander killed in Pakistan, August 12, 2008
  6. ^
    Terrorism Focus
    Volume 4, Issue 21. The Jamestown Foundation. Washington, D.C., pp. 5–7.
  7. ^ Charge sheet, United States of America v. Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al-Qosi
  8. ^ Benjamin, Daniel & Steven Simon. "The Age of Sacred Terror", 2002
  9. ^ Hirsch, Susan F. "In the moment of Greatest Calamity", 2006
  10. ^ Wright, Lawerence. "The Looming Tower", p. 197
  11. ^ Vest, Jason. American Prospect, Pray and Tell Archived 2010-02-06 at the Wayback Machine, June 19, 2005
  12. ^ Bergen, Peter. "The Osama bin Laden I Know", 2006. p. 141 & 154
  13. ^ a b Al-Jazirah carries video remarks by 'new' al-Qa'ida official in Afghanistan, May 27, 2007. Archived August 18, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ "Pakistan: Al-Qaeda claims Bhutto's death". Adnkronos. December 27, 2007. Retrieved December 27, 2007.
  15. Asia Times Online. Archived from the original on May 17, 2008. Retrieved December 27, 2007.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link
    )
  16. ^ Asharz Alawsat, Senior al-Qaeda leader killed in Pakistan, August 12, 2008
  17. ^ Zulfiqar Ali, Laura King (August 13, 2008). "Al Qaeda Official Is Said To Be Dead". Los Angeles Times. p. 6. Archived from the original on June 29, 2009. Retrieved August 30, 2008.
  18. Daily Telegraph, Al-Qa'eda's Abu Saeed al-Masri 'killed on Afghan border'
    , August 12, 2008
  19. ^ a b DAWN, al-Qaeda leader among 18 killed in Bajaur, August 13, 2008
  20. ^ Pakistan Captures Aide of Taliban Commander
  21. ^ Cogan, James (August 16, 2008). "Hundreds dead in fighting along Afghanistan-Pakistan border". World Socialist Web Site. Retrieved August 24, 2008.
  22. ^
    Asharq Alawsat. Archived from the original
    on December 6, 2010. Retrieved August 20, 2008.
  23. ^ NDTV Correspondent (February 9, 2008). "Al-Qaida warns India against any attack on Pakistan". NDTV. Archived from the original on February 11, 2009. Retrieved February 9, 2008.
  24. ^ "Officials: Al Qaeda No. 3 Killed - Political Punch". blogs.abcnews.com. Archived from the original on 2 June 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  25. ^ "Group: Al Qaeda says top leader in Afghanistan dies". CNN.
  26. ^ "Islamic site: Al-Qaida's third in command killed". NBC News. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05.

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