“Substitute Candidates” Osama Killed U.s. Dirudal Ilyas Kashmiri is The Head of Al Qaeda’s Military Operations in Pakistan

A high-ranking Al Qaeda’s so-called potentially replace the position of Osama bin Laden, Ilyas Kashmiri reportedly killed in a missile attack by U.S. forces near the Afghan border, Friday, June 3, 2011.

Kashmiri himself had reportedly been killed in 2009 ago in an attack. However, the news was wrong.

According to the page the Associated Press, the official confirmation of the death of Ilyas Kashmiri is very difficult to obtain, either from the U.S. and Pakistani officials. However, based on a fax from the militant group led by Ilyas Kashmiri – Harakat ul Jihad al-Islami, known as the scary ‘Brigade 313 – confirmed dead in an attack on Kashmiri tribe of South Waziristan region on Friday afternoon at 11:15 local time.

Pakistani officials who declined to be named said that Kashmiri is one of nine militants were killed in the attack U.S. troops. The official said, Kashmiri is a joint target between the U.S. and Pakistan governments. According to him, the success of this attack will strengthen the relationship between the U.S. and Pakistan that had cracked after an ambush against Osama bin Laden.

A U.S. official said, Ilyas Kashmiri is the head of Al Qaeda’s military operations in Pakistan. He was one of five most wanted militant leaders and accused of involvement in the attack hotels in Mumbay, India in 2008.

Kashmiri was accused of involvement in attacks on some U.S. facilities and his friends. In addition to Mumbay 2008 attacks that killed 160-of people, Kashmiri is also accused of involvement in planning attacks Danish magazine that published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in 2005. In addition, he is accused of involvement in suicide bombings at the U.S. consulate building in Karachi in 2006 that killed four people, including U.S. diplomats.