Feel good story of the day.
(LWJ) — During a clash in eastern Afghanistan, US troops killed a Jordanian al Qaeda operative who was “a frequent visitor” of jihadist web forums.
A martyrdom statement for Mahmoud Hamdan Nizal, who was known as Abu Dher al Urduni, was published by a member of the Shumukh al-Islam forum, which is frequented by members of al Qaeda and other terrorist groups. The statement was released on June 12, 2011 and translated by the SITE Intelligence Group.
Nizal was from the Jordanian city of Zarqa, the home town of slain al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al Zarqawi.
According to the statement, Nizal was killed during US air and artillery strikes in the Bermel district of Paktika province “where the lions of al Qaeda were in an operation against a base belonging to the Crusaders.” The date of Nizal’s death was not disclosed. The Haqqani Network and al Qaeda have carried out several major attacks on US forces in Bermel over the past several years [see list below].
Nizal was “preparing rockets to launch at the filthy base of the Crusaders” when he and his team were discovered by US troops, who launched a counterattack. “Then, an American F-16 fired a rocket that fell between him and an Afghan brother who was with the brothers in the operation,” the statement said. The “Afghan brother” was wounded in the attack.
The jihadist claimed that Nizal’s last words called for the continuation of fighting until Shariah, or Islamic law, was imposed worldwide.