Photo; Ilyas Kashmiri, the leader of the Harkat-ul Jihad Islami and al Qaeda's Brigade 313. Photo from The Long War Journal.Asia Times Interviews Al Qaeda Commander Ilyas Kashmiri
The Asia Times' Syed Saleem Shahzad has published his interview with Ilyas Kashmiri, a senior al Qaeda leader and longtime Pakistani jihadi with strong ties to Pakistan's military and intelligence services who was thought to have been killed in a US airstrike in mid-September. As the operations chief of Brigade 313, one of six brigades in the Lashkar al Zil, al Qaeda's "Shadow Army," Kashmiri is suspected of planning and leading some of the terror group's most sophisticated assaults in the Afghan-Pakistan theater.
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The Interview: Al-Qaeda's guerrilla chief lays out strategy -- Asia Times
Update: Ilyas Kashmiri survived last month's airstrike in Pakistan -- Long War Journal
My Comment: It is clear that rumors of his death have been greatly exaggerated. Too bad .... better luck next time.
His interview with the Asia Times is still a fascinating read.
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