Al Qaeda’s commander said to be the mastermind behind the deadly 1998 attacks on US embassy in Nairobi has been assassinated.
According to The New York Times, intelligence officials have confirmed that the commander was killed in Iran three ago.
Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah commonly known as de Guerre Abu Muhammed was shot on the streets of Tehran by two assassins on a motorcycle on August 7 – the anniversary of the embassy bombing.
Abdullah was killed together with his daughter, Miriam, the widow of Osama bin Laden’s son Hamza bin Laden.
Intelligence officials have reportedly confirmed that the attack was conducted by Israeli operatives at the behest of the United States.
“The killing occurred in such a netherworld of geopolitical intrigue and counterterrorism spycraft that Mr. al-Masri’s death had been rumored but never confirmed until now. For reasons that are still obscure, Al Qaeda has not announced the death of one of its top leaders, Iranian officials covered it up, and no country has publicly claimed responsibility for it,” the New York Times article read in part.
Abdullah was one of the Al Qaeda founding leaders and was the second-highest leader after the terror group’s current leader, Ayman al-Zawahri.
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The 58-year-old featured on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist list for the attacks on the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
At least 224 people lost their lives with hundreds left nursing severe injuries.
