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'''Ilyas Kashmiri'''{{efn|Also referred to as '''[[Maulana]] Ilyas Kashmiri''',[{{cite web|first=Syed Saleem |last=Shahzad |title=Afghanistan: the neo-Taliban campaign |url= http://mondediplo.com/2008/10/08neotalibans |work=[[Le Monde diplomatique]]|date=October 2008 |access-date=21 September 2009}}] '''[[Mufti]] Ilyas Kashmiri'''[{{Cite web |title=KASHMIRI, Muhammad Ilyas |url=https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=12147 |access-date=5 October 2022 |website=sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov}}] and '''Muhammad Ilyas Kashmiri'''[{{cite news |title=Pak frees terrorist leaders |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040223/asp/foreign/story_2926635.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040417121510/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040223/asp/foreign/story_2926635.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2004 |work=The Telegraph |location=Kolkota, India |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |date=22 February 2004 |access-date=21 September 2009}}]}} ({{langx|ur|{{nastaliq|الیاس کشمیری}}|Ilyās Kaśmīrī}}; 10 February 1964[{{cite news |first=Syed Saleem |last=Shahzad |title=Al-Qaeda's guerrilla chief lays out strategy |url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KJ15Df03.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091016221531/http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KJ15Df03.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=16 October 2009|publisher=Asia Times Online |date=15 October 2009 |access-date=7 January 2010}}] – 3 June 2011[) was a [[Pakistani]] [[Special Service Group|Special Forces Operator]] turned [[Islamist]] [[Jihadism|jihadist]] militant leader.][{{cite news |date=4 June 2011 |title=Ilyas Kashmiri killed in US drone strike, confirms HuJI |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/26/11-mastermind-Ilyas-Kashmiri-killed-in-US-drone-strike-in-Pak-Report/articleshow/8723456.cms |access-date=5 June 2016 |newspaper=The Times of India}}] He was a major [[Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir|insurgent]] in [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], and had fought against Indian troops there during several engagements. He was killed on 3 June 2011 in US drone attack on a compound in [[South Waziristan District|South Waziristan district]]. |
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'''Ilyas Kashmiri'''{{efn|Also referred to as '''[[Maulana]] Ilyas Kashmiri''',[{{cite web|first=Syed Saleem |last=Shahzad |title=Afghanistan: the neo-Taliban campaign |url= http://mondediplo.com/2008/10/08neotalibans |work=[[Le Monde diplomatique]]|date=October 2008 |access-date=21 September 2009}}] '''[[Mufti]] Ilyas Kashmiri'''[{{Cite web |title=KASHMIRI, Muhammad Ilyas |url=https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=12147 |access-date=5 October 2022 |website=sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov}}] and '''Muhammad Ilyas Kashmiri'''[{{cite news |title=Pak frees terrorist leaders |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040223/asp/foreign/story_2926635.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040417121510/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040223/asp/foreign/story_2926635.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2004 |work=The Telegraph |location=Kolkota, India |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |date=22 February 2004 |access-date=21 September 2009}}]}} ({{langx|ur|{{nastaliq|الیاس کشمیری}}|Ilyās Kaśmīrī}}; 10 February 1964[{{cite news |first=Syed Saleem |last=Shahzad |title=Al-Qaeda's guerrilla chief lays out strategy |url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KJ15Df03.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091016221531/http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KJ15Df03.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=16 October 2009|publisher=Asia Times Online |date=15 October 2009 |access-date=7 January 2010}}] – 3 June 2011[) was a [[Pakistani]] [[Special Service Group|Special Forces Operator]] turned [[Islamist]] [[Jihadism|jihadist]] militant leader.][{{cite news |date=4 June 2011 |title=Ilyas Kashmiri killed in US drone strike, confirms HuJI |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/26/11-mastermind-Ilyas-Kashmiri-killed-in-US-drone-strike-in-Pak-Report/articleshow/8723456.cms |access-date=5 June 2016 |newspaper=The Times of India}}] and [[terrorist]]. He was a major [[Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir|insurgent]] in [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], and had fought against Indian troops there during several engagements. He was killed on 3 June 2011 in US drone attack on a compound in [[South Waziristan District|South Waziristan district]]. |
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[[NBC News]] said that United States officials had mentioned him as a possible successor to [[Osama bin Laden]] as head of [[al-Qaeda]].[{{Cite web |last=Isikoff |first=Michael |date=10 May 2011 |title=Elusive ex-commando to replace bin Laden? |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna42965337 |website=NBC News}}] Prior to his death, a [[CNN]] headline called him the "most dangerous man on Earth",[Tim Lister (10 November 2010), [http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/11/10/kashmiri.profile/index.html "Ilyas Kashmiri: Most dangerous man on Earth?"], ''CNN News''. Retrieved 3 May 2019.] and the journalist [[Saleem Shahzad|Syed Saleem Shahzad]] said, "He is invariably described by the world intelligence agencies as the most effective, dangerous, and successful [[Guerrilla warfare|guerrilla leader]] in the world."[Syed Saleem Shahzad, ''Inside Al-Qaeda and the Taliban: Beyond bin Laden and 9/11'', Pluto Press (2011), p. 67] |
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[[NBC News]] said that United States officials had mentioned him as a possible successor to [[Osama bin Laden]] as head of [[al-Qaeda]].[{{Cite web |last=Isikoff |first=Michael |date=10 May 2011 |title=Elusive ex-commando to replace bin Laden? |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna42965337 |website=NBC News}}] Prior to his death, a [[CNN]] headline called him the "most dangerous man on Earth",[Tim Lister (10 November 2010), [http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/11/10/kashmiri.profile/index.html "Ilyas Kashmiri: Most dangerous man on Earth?"], ''CNN News''. Retrieved 3 May 2019.] and the journalist [[Saleem Shahzad|Syed Saleem Shahzad]] said, "He is invariably described by the world intelligence agencies as the most effective, dangerous, and successful [[Guerrilla warfare|guerrilla leader]] in the world."[Syed Saleem Shahzad, ''Inside Al-Qaeda and the Taliban: Beyond bin Laden and 9/11'', Pluto Press (2011), p. 67] |