Security forces kill top al-Qaeda militant
Posted 7/3/2005 3:28 AM Updated 7/3/2005 6:29 AM

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Security forces killed the al-Qaeda terrorist group's leader in Saudi Arabia during a fierce gun battle Sunday in the capital, Riyadh, an Interior Ministry official told this country's official news agency.
Younis Mohammed Ibrahim al-Hayari, a Moroccan, was killed during a raid by security forces on an area where suspected militants were hiding, an Interior Ministry official was quoted by Saudi Press Agency as saying.
The clashes took place in the Rawdah district, an upscale neighborhood in eastern Riyadh, said Interior Ministry spokesman Brig. Mansour al-Turki.
The unidentified official quoted by SPA said al-Hayari headed Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda terror network in the kingdom, which has been ravaged by terrorist attacks during more than two years of violence.


One less. Little by little they are being whittled down. Too slowly as far as I am concerned.