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...Turki Nasser al-Dandani, the commander of the terror cell that mounted the May 12 suicide truck bombings, was cornered by Saudi police July 3 in the town of Sowair, near the border with Jordan. He blew himself up with a hand grenade rather than being taken alive. U.S. intelligence reports describe him as head of Persian Gulf operations for al-Qaeda, responsible for land and maritime attacks on U.S. and Western interests throughout the region. His knowledge of al-Qaeda plans could extend to schemes in Asia, Europe and the U.S., officials...
...Dandani had fought against U.S. forces inside Afghanistan until the fall of the Taliban. He was close to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the organizer of the 9/11 attacks currently in U.S. custody. After his return to Saudi Arabia, officials say, al-Dandani had worked under senior Qaeda commanders Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri and Walid Ba 'Attash, both Saudis, who had planned the October 2000 attack on the USS Cole in Yemen. Al-Dandani took over the Persian Gulf command after al-Nashiri and Ba 'Attash were captured in separate incidents, say U.S. officials...
...highest ranking Al Qaeda figure taken down in the Saudi offensive is Ali Abd al-Rahman al-Faqasi al-Ghamdi, aka "Abu Bakr," al-Qaeda field commander for Saudi Arabia and al-Dandani's boss. Al-Ghamdi surrendered June 26 in exchange for his wife's freedom...
...born al-Qaeda spokesman, and probably Saad bin Laden, son of Osama. In return, the mullahs would like the U.S. and Britain to hush their support for pro-democracy student demonstrations in Iran as well. - By Elaine Shannon and Adam Zagorin Bomber's Suicide SAUDI ARABIA Turki Nasser al-Dandani, thought to be the most senior al-Qaeda operative in the kingdom and the suspected mastermind of the May bombings in Riyadh, blew up himself and three followers with a grenade after...
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