British Islamic Terrorist Killed In Pakistan Drone Strike Was To Be Al Qaeda's Leader of Terror Attacks Back In Britain

You know, each and every time I post here at Holger Awakens about a new predator drone strike in NW Pakistan, we have to keep in mind that there is a high chance that there was a valued target knocked off in each of those strikes. And last month, a British citizen, a muslim terrorist was killed in one of the drone strikes...and it turns out that he was in Pakistan being groomed by al Qaeda to head up the Mumbai-style terror attacks to be conducted back in Britain. So, in plain English, a real nice hit.

From the story at DAWN:

A British terror suspect killed in a drone strike in Pakistan last month was being groomed to head a new Al-Qaeda splinter group in Britain tasked with attacking Europe, the BBC reported Tuesday.

It was the latest twist in a reported plot uncovered by Western intelligence agencies to launch simultaneous commando-style raids on high-profile targets in Britain, France and Germany.

Abdul Jabbar, a British citizen living in Pakistan, was being prepared to lead the new group which was to be called the Islamic Army of Great Britain, the BBC said, citing a senior security source overseas.

Intelligence agencies monitored a meeting of 300 militants three months ago in North Waziristan, part of Pakistan's tribal areas, attended by Jabbar and members of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, said the BBC.

Notice that last paragraph? That meeting was "monitored" by intelligence? Hmmm....I don't know about you but that sounds to me like in that group of 300 al Qaeda and Taliban there was at least one mole, eh? :)

I've said all along that with the quality of the CIA drone attacks in the past six to nine months, that there has to be a network of agents inside of the Taliban and al Qaeda in NW Pakistan - I mean by "quality" in that we see a dozen drone strikes and in half of them there are subsequent identifications of mid to high level commanders and leaders taken out.

The other interesting part of that paragraph is the patience that the CIA is exerting here - the meeting of the bad guys was three months ago and thus, they literally set up the killing of this British jihadi over at least two months of time...waiting and waiting for the right moment to take him out (and possibly get more intel in the process).

One last thing for those of you out there who are tired of the Afghanistan War and are making calls to withdraw. This story has proved what happens when you leave al Qaeda and the Taliban alone in a secure area - they plot terror attacks on the West. Imagine if the Taliban is back in power in Afghanistan after U.S. and NATO withdrawal - imagine 100 new al Qaeda training camps in that country and imagine the plotting that would be going on under complete and utter security. I am convinced that if we withdraw from Afghanistan, that western countries like Britain, France, Germany and America would see a minimum of 50 annual terror attacks spawned out of Afghanistan.

Briton killed by drone in Pak 'was to be terror chief'


LONDON: A British terror suspect killed in a drone strike in Pakistan last month was being groomed to head a new Al-Qaeda splinter group in Britain tasked with attacking Europe, the BBC reported Tuesday.

It was the latest twist in a reported plot uncovered by Western intelligence agencies to launch simultaneous commando-style raids on high-profile targets in Britain, France and Germany.

Abdul Jabbar, a British citizen living in Pakistan, was being prepared to lead the new group which was to be called the Islamic Army of Great Britain, the BBC said, citing a senior security source overseas.

Intelligence agencies monitored a meeting of 300 militants three months ago in North Waziristan, part of Pakistan's tribal areas, attended by Jabbar and members of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, said the BBC.

At this gathering, Jabbar was put forward as leader of the new group which was given the task of organising Mumbai-style attacks in Britain, France and Germany, the source told the British broadcaster.

Intelligence from the meeting led to the drone attack on September 8 which killed Jabbar and three others, said the BBC.

The United States does not as a rule confirm drone attacks, but its military and the Central Intelligence Agency operating in Afghanistan are the only forces that deploy the pilotless aircraft in the region.Britain's interior ministry declined comment on the report.

Intelligence officials last week revealed details of the alleged Al-Qaeda plot to British and US media, which said planning for the attacks was under way but they were not believed to be imminent.

The BBC and Britain's Sky News television reported that commando-style teams of militants planned to seize Western hostages and murder them in a manner similar to the 2008 attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai, in which 166 people were killed.

Since then Japan, Sweden, the United States and Britain have issued warnings to their citizens of possible terrorist attacks while travelling in Europe.