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Israeli agents acting on behalf of the United States killed Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, the second leader of al-Qaeda, in Iran in August, whom the United States accused of organizing attacks on US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, Reuters reported. The New York Times.
On August 7, Israeli special services agents shot and killed Abdullah, who goes by the pseudonym Abu Mohammed al-Masri. He was considered the probable successor to the current leader of Al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri. Until now, his death has been kept secret by the organization and the Iranian government. No government has publicly claimed responsibility for his death,
It is unclear what role the US government played in the murder, the New York Times reported. The US authorities have been hunting Masri and other al Qaeda leaders in Iran for years.
His daughter Miriam, the widow of the son of al-Qaeda founder Hamza bin Laden, who is responsible for planning and liaising with various terrorist groups, also died.
On September 14 of last year, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, announced that the son of the founder of Al Qaeda had been assassinated in a counterterrorism operation on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
According to sources from the New York Times, Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah has lived in Iran since 2003, but has lived freely in the capital, Tehran, since 2015. He was included in the FBI’s list of the most dangerous terrorists and was offered a $ 10 million reward. for information that could lead to his capture.
The 1998 attacks on US embassies in Tanzania and Kenya killed 224 people, including 12 Americans.
However, Iran today denied the New York Times information.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry issued a statement emphasizing that there were no Al Qaeda terrorists on Iranian soil.
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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