Wahishi Appointed Gulf, as well as Arabian Peninsula, AQ Chief?
According to the National’s souces in Pakistan, Waheshi replaces Zarchawi. So again, still, there’s that AQ Central tie in to that was so hard for some to fathom. Both UBL and Zawaheri agreed to the promotion. If the reporting is correct, Waheshi is designated to plot attacks, collect funds and coordinate training.
Waheshi doesn’t know he’s a stooge, a strawman, probably being set up for assassination. The Yemeni regime, which knows where he is curently, is going to kill him sooner or later and Saleh will be a hero. Maybe some attacks prior against western or Saudi targets, but not the LNG. The West will claim it as a victory, another AQ number 2 bites the dust. Everyone will be happy, something similiar to the actual story of al Harithy, and no still witnesses! Too bad Fawaz al Raibi wasn’t taken alive, he had a lot to say. Where is Abu Bakr these days?
The Nation, PK: PESHAWAR – Abu Nasar Al-Haweshi from Yemen has been nominated as Al-Qaeda’s leader for Gulf Region, The Nation learnt through highly-placed reliable sources on Sunday.
Belonging to Yemen, Abu Nasar Al-Haweshi, also known as Abu Baseer, is active in Al-Qaeda since long. His nomination aimed at filling the office, which had fallen vacant after the death of Abu Zarqavi in Iraq in 2006.
According to the sources, there was no any replacement of Zarqavi since his death. Now both Osama bin Laden and Dr Aiman Al Zawahiri agreed on assigning the task to Abu Nasar Al Haweshi. The assignments of Abu Nasar, beside engineering and plotting, include collection of donation for war from the Gulf region and facilitating the militants in getting training from border areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Abu Nasar was considered fifth amongst leading Al Qaeda commanders like Abu Laith Al Laibi, Abu Zarqavi, Abdullah Kurd and Abdul Hadi. Both Abdul Hadi and Abu Zarqavi were killed in Iraq, Abu Laith Al Laibi in North Waziristan and Abdullah Kurd in Qandahar Afghanistan.
Abu Nasar remained in Duranta training camps during Taliban regime in Afghanistan. He also fought against the Northern Alliance, headed by late Ahmad Shah Mesud in Takhar, Hirat and Bagram regions. He had served Osama bin Laden as his security chief for a couple of months.
During his stay in Afghanistan, Abu Nasar remained very close to both former ministers Maulvi Jalaluddin Haqqani and Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund.
They forgot to mention Wahishi was originally sent to Afghanistan by Saleh’s uncle on his mother’s side, Ali Maqasa.
