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Nomor 2 Al Qaida Target Pesawat Tanpa Awak AS

5 Juni 2012

Serangan pesawat tanpa awak AS di Pakistan dilaporkan mengenai wakil komandan Al Qaida. Pihak resmi Pakistan mengatakan ada indikasi al-Libi tewas, tapi milisi di Waziristan Utara mengatakan ia hidup dan selamat.

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FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2010 file photo an unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan, on a moon-lit night. Drones are often called the weapon of choice of the Obama administration, which quadrupled drone strikes against al-Qaida targets in Pakistan's lawless tribal areas, up from less than 50 under the Bush administration to more than 220 in the past three years. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
Foto: picture alliance/dpa

Setelah serangan pesawat tanpa awak terhadap orang nomor dua jaringan teror Al Qaida di kawasan suku Pakistan, nasib Abu Yahia al-Libi belum diketahui. Harian New York Times Selasa (0506) mengutip keterangan wakil suku Pakistan, melaporkan dalam serangan tersebut al-Libi kemungkinan besar tewas. Meski demikian menurut kantor berita AFP, lingkungan aparat keamanan di Islamabad tidak dapat mengkonfirmasi hal tersebut.

In this Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011 photo, masked Pakistani Taliban militants take part in a training session in an area of Pakistan's tribal South Waziristan region along the Afghan border. Associated Press reporter, photographer and videographer Ishtiaq Mahsud spent six days with fighters from the Pakistani Taliban close to the Afghan border. His account of their travels through South Waziristan offers a glimpse into an area that the Pakistani military claimed had been brought under control following an army offensive two years ago. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud)
Kamp radikal Islam di WaziristanFoto: AP

Aparat keamanan Pakistan berdasarkan keterangan dinas rahasia AS memberi informasi bahwa serangan pesawat tanpa awak Senin (05/06) di Waziristan Utara mengenai al-Libi. Juga wakil Amerika Serikat mengkonfirmasi kantor berita AFP bahwa orang nomor dua dari jaringan teror Al Qaida merupakan target serangan malam di dekat perbatasan dengan Afghanistan.

Dari pihak Pakistan disebutkan, masih belum jelas apakah al-Libi berada dalam kamp di desa Hesokhel di timur Miranshah. Senin (05/06) dini hari lokasi itu terkena dua roket dan menewaskan 15 orang. Menurut keterangan dari lingkungan militer Pakistan korban tewas belum dapat diidentifikasi.

Al-Libi adalah orang kepercayaan Osama bin Laden dan setelah kematian bin Laden dipandang sebagai salah satu kemungkinan penggantinya. Terakhir menurut keterangan AS al-Libi memimpin aksi pasukan inti Al Qaida di kawasan suku Pakistan dan mengawasi hubungan dengan anggota jaringan teror Al Qaida di kawasan dunia lainnya. Amerika Serikat menawarkan uang imbalan sebesar satu juta dollar untuk menangkap Al-Libi.

FILE - This March 25, 2007, file image, made from video posted on a website frequented by Islamist militants and provided via the IntelCenter, shows al-Qaida militant Abu Yahia al-Libi. A CIA drone strike Monday, June 4, 2012, targeted al-Qaida's second in command, Abu Yahia al-Libi, in Pakistan, but it was unclear whether he was among those hit, U.S. officials said. U.S. officials say fewer than five people were hit, although Pakistani officials say more than a dozen people were killed in two days of strikes in Pakistan. (AP Photo/IntelCenter, File) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS NO WAY OF INDEPENDENTLY VERIFYING THE CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS VIDEO
Abu Yahia al-LibiFoto: dapd

Tahun 2002 setelah tergulingnya kelompok radikal Taliban di Afghanistan, al-Libi ditahan. Tiga tahun kemudian ia berhasil melarikan diri dari penjara yang dijaga dengan pengamanan ketat di Bagram dekat Kabul. Setelah kematian bin Laden al-Libi menjadi wakil ketua baru Al Qaida Ayman al-Sawahiri.

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