Bin Laden Brother-in-Law Killed

Not new, but new to me.

Jamal Khalifa, Osama bin Laden’s brother-in-law and mercenary recruited, was instrumental in recruitirg more than 1,000 young Filipino Muslims, including Abdurajak Abubakar Janjalani, to the Afghanistan jihad against the former Soviet Union was killed in Madagascar recently.

Reports said Khalifa was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Madagascar. Agence France-Presse quoted Khalifa’s brother as telling the Dubai-based Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya television, that a gang of 25 to 30 people raided Khalifa’s room. Khalifa, who traded in gems, “was killed in cold blood while sleeping in his room" his brother, Malek, said.

There doesn't seem to be any evidence that Khalifa had recent contact with bin Laden, or that the death was necessarily anything other than crime-related.