More information. “Israeli operatives gunned down al-Qaeda’s second-in-command on a Tehran street in August at the behest of the United States, the New York Times reported on Friday. Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, who used the nom de guerre Abu Muhammad al-Masri, was accused of being one of the chief planners of devastating attacks on two US embassies in Africa in 1998. He was killed on August 7, the anniversary of the attacks, the report said, citing unnamed intelligence officials. A former Israeli intelligence official told the newspaper that Al-Masri is also accused of ordering the 2002 attack on an Israeli-owned hotel in Mombasa, Kenya which killed 13 and injured 80. Al-Masri was driving his sedan close to his home when two Israeli agents on a motorcycle pulled up alongside his vehicle and fired five shots from a silenced pistol, killing al-Masri and his daughter, Miriam, who was married to Osama bin Laden’s late son Hamza bin Laden.” And “Following the shooting, Iranian media identified the victims as a history professor from Lebanon named Habib Daoud and his daughter, Maryam, the New York Times report said. A Lebanese news outlet and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps said the victim was a member of the Hezbollah terrorist group, which is backed by Iran. Daoud and Maryam did not actually exist, however. One intelligence official, and a former head of Egypt’s Islamic Jihad group, said the persona was an alias Iran provided to al-Masri.” See “Israeli agents killed al-Qaeda’s No. 2 on Iran street, at behest of US: NY Times,” Times of Israel, November 14, 2020.
Like the late night commercial says, “But wait, there’s more!” “Iran Denies That Al Qaeda Leader Was Killed in Tehran,” Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, November 14, 2020.
“Iran gets ready for two-week coronavirus closure,” Tehran Times, November 14, 2020.
“Iran to prohibit travel across the country without negative PCR test,” Trend, November 14, 2020.
What the NYT and Post do not ask is “Why did Iran harbor the mastermind of the 1998 embassy bombings?” Look again at the headline—think about why it wasn’t “Mastermind of 1998 U.S. Embassy Bombings Killed While Protected Inside Iran.” Masri was second in command of al-Qaeda. See “Israel, at behest of U.S., killed al-Qaeda’s deputy in a drive-by attack in Iran,” Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, November 14, 2020.
“A year after Khamenei’s bloody crackdown on Iranian protesters – analysis,” Benjamin Weinthal, Jerusalem Post, November 14, 2020.
“Ukraine says Iran dragging its feet in plane crash investigation,” Dhaka Tribune, November 14, 2020.
“National Museum of Iran launches guided virtual tours on early human relics, history,” Tehran Times, November 14, 2020.
“Iran placed no order to buy Russia’s S-400 missile system: advisor,” Tehran Times, November 14, 2020.