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Yemen says key al-Qaeda chief Said al-Shihri killed
Source: BBC
Drone attack?
The Yemeni ministry of defence website said al-Shihri was killed along with six other militants in an operation, but gave few details.
Official sources in Yemen told the BBC the death occurred in an air raid in the Wadi Ain area of Hadramawt.
Military sources, however, said they had no information on the death and refused to confirm it. But the sources did confirm the area was subject to air raids.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19547768
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Yemen says key al-Qaeda chief Said al-Shihri killed (Original Post)
fun n serious
Sep 2012
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RandySF
(58,768 posts)1. Obama built THAT.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,988 posts)2. #2?
fun n serious
(4,451 posts)3. lol nt
JRLeft
(7,010 posts)4. This is like playing musical chairs. He will be replaced, and then he will be killed.
This cycle is a waste of time. Leave the middle east.