Tuesday, January 24, 2012

British Muslim Al Qaeda Fighter Aslam Awan Killed In Drone Attack

From Europe News:


British Muslim Al Qaeda Fighter Aslam Awan Killed In Drone Attack

indiatvnews.com 24 January 2012
London, Two wanted Al-Qaeda leaders killed by U.S. drone attacks are believed to have travelled from Britain to launch terrorist attacks against the West. One, Aslam Awan, studied in Manchester but joined an Islamic terror cell then went to Afghanistan to fight coalition forces, reports Daily Mail.
By contrast, his brothers remain in Britain pursuing respectable careers – they are a surgeon, a GP, a banker and a software engineer.
Awan rose to become a senior figure in Al Qaeda’s leadership, planning attacks on the West, but was killed in Pakistan’s inaccessible border area by a missile launched from an unmanned U.S. drone.
His death was announced as it was claimed that an Al-Qaeda commander killed in a drone attack in Somalia was a British citizen. (...)
 
 

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