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Al Qaeda’s second in command is killed in Iran in August by Israeli agentsthat he acted on behalf of the United States, writes the New York Times, citing intelligence sources.
Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, under the pseudonym Abu Muhammad al Masri, and killed by two Mossad agents on a motorcycle in Tehran. He is accused of organizing bombings at two US embassies in Africa.
Masry seemed probable heir of Ayman al-Zawahiri, the current leader of Al Qaeda.
It is not clear what the United States is play a role in the murder of the Egyptian-born extremist, held on August 7, the anniversary of the embassy attacks. The American newspaper notes that Washington has followed Masri and other extremists of the group in Iran. during years.
Masri was killed along with the people. his daughter, the widow of Osama bin Laden’s son, Hamza bin Laden.
The liquidated terrorist is “detained” in Iran since 2003, but since 2015 he has lived in freedom in a neighborhood of Tehran.
US counterintelligence sources believe that the Iranian authorities maybe they let him live there, to use it as bait to catch American agents.
The New York Times notes that the murder was carried out in the context of geopolitical tensions and behind-the-scenes intrigues. The newspaper also writes that in recent months it is there were rumors of the death of the group leader, but they have never been confirmed. No country confirms it publicly.
Masri, 58, was on the FBI’s Most Wanted list for attacks in Kenya and Tanzania, which killed 224 people and injured hundreds. The FBI offered a reward of $ 10 million to provide information on his arrest.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has denied reports of Al Qaeda members on its territory.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Hatibzad strongly rejects the presence of any member of the group in Iran and asks the American media not proclaiming Hollywood settings that US and Zionist authorities like, the ministry said in a statement.
Hatibzad also points out that Al Qaeda is the daughter of wrong US policy and that of its allies in the region, and with the information about the presence of terrorists in Iran, the United States and Israel are trying to absolve themselves of responsibility for the criminal actions of such and other terrorist groups.
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