WASHINGTON, September 25 -- Mohsin Al Fadhli, the leader of the Khorasan group of militants who had close ties to terror mastermind Osama Bin Laden, was killed by Tomahawk cruise missiles unleashed on his bases near Aleppo in northern Syria on Tuesday night.
The Pentagon said: “Khorasan has established a safe haven in Syria to develop external attacks, construct and test improvised explosive devices and recruit Westerners to conduct operations.” Al Fadhli was killed when the US and five Arab states carried out raids on IS targets in Syria. More than 20 of the 47 Tomahawk cruise missiles fired by US ships were aimed at eight Khorasan targets including training camps. Al Fadhli, 33, was born in Kuwait and by the age of 20 was sufficiently high-ranking in Al Qaeda to have known about the 9/11 attacks in advance. US Army Lieutenant General William Mayville Jr, director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said: “We’ve been watching this group closely for some time, and we believe the Khorasan group was nearing the execution phase of an attack either in Europe, or the homeland.” A ban on uncharged mobile phones and laptops this summer on air passengers was introduced due to the threat posed by Khorasan and Western jihadists. Source: Agencies
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