Al Qaeda's Second In Command Abu Muhsin al-Masri Killed In Afghan Special Forces Raid

 

Daily Mail/Reuters: Afghan security forces kill al Qaeda's second in command Abu Muhsin al-Masri, two years after the US listed him as one of the world's most wanted terrorists 

 * Abu Muhsin al-Masri was killed in a raid in Afghanistan's Ghazni province 

 * Al-Masri was the second in command of al Qaeda, it is believed 

 * His death was confirmed by U.S. counter-terrorism forces in a tweet Saturday 

Afghan security forces have killed Abu Muhsin al-Masri, a senior al Qaeda leader who was on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list, Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security (NDS) said in a tweet late on Saturday.  

The head of the U.S. National Counter-Terrorism Center, Chris Miller, confirmed al-Masri's death in a statement, saying his 'removal... from the battlefield is a major setback to a terrorist organization that is consistently experiencing strategic losses facilitated by the United States and its partners.' 

 Al Qaeda's loss of al-Masri, Miller continued, 'highlights the diminishing effectiveness of the terrorist organization.' 

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