July 3, 2015
OUR REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT:
Jihadist From Tunisia Died in Strike in Libya, U.S. Official Says (CARLOTTA GALL and ERIC SCHMITT, JULY 2, 2015, NY Times)
Tunisia's most wanted jihadist, who masterminded a campaign of assassinations and terrorist attacks, including one against the United States Embassy in Tunis, was killed in an American airstrike in Libya in mid-June that had targeted another Al Qaeda leader, a senior United States official said on Thursday.The jihadist, Seifallah Ben Hassine, also known as Abu Ayadh, was one of Osama bin Laden's top lieutenants and the leader of the outlawed group Ansar al-Shariah in Tunisia. He had been based in Libya since 2013, according to reports, and ran training camps and a network of militant cells across the region.His death, if confirmed, would be an important victory for Tunisia in its struggle to contain a persistent insurgency in its western border region and a growing threat to its urban centers.
Posted by Orrin Judd at July 3, 2015 9:48 AM
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