Terrorist Leader Killed
Raid Qusti, Arab NewsRIYADH, 4 July 2005 — The man alleged to be the leader of Al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia, Younus Mohamed Al-Hayari, was shot dead by security forces in Riyadh yesterday. Al-Hayari, a Moroccan, was No. 1 on the Interior Ministry’s recently issued list of 36 wanted terrorists.
He was killed “during a gunbattle with security forces after they raided his hide-out in an eastern neighborhood of Riyadh,†an Interior Ministry official said. Six policemen were slightly wounded in the clash.
The most important terrorist on the new Saudi “Most Wanted List,” the Moroccan Younus Al-Hayari, has been killed. Disquietingly, he was tracked down to the Al-Rawda section of Riyadh, an area that has seen earlier shoot-outs with Al-Qaeda members and supporters. It seems this area needs a thorough cleaning, though it’s pretty clear that the Saudi security forces are keeping a close eye on it.
The article has further details on this action, as well as a claim that Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula “has been brain dead” since the killing of its principal leaders.
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The Brain Drain in Qaim
The leader of al Qaeda in Saudi Arabia has been captured, while more al Qaeda members meet their end in Iraq.