A missile fired from an American warship in the Mediterranean hit a car in the heart of Gaza City and killed Muhammad Jamal A-Namnam, 27, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010. Namnam was an operational commander of the Army of Islam, Al-Qaeda’s Palestinian cell in the Gaza Strip. He was on a mission on behalf of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula – AQAP to plan, organize and execute the next wave of terrorist attacks on US targets after last week’s air package bomb plot. Read more from DEBKAfile’s exclusive counter-terror sources report …
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