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"‘Senior Al Qaeda commander killed ’"

By Ismail Khan

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "PESHAWAR, Dec 2: A senior Al Qaeda commander has been killed in the Thursday missile attack at a house in the North Waziristan Agency, sources said.

The sources said that Al Qaeda operational commander Hamza Rabia, said to be of Syrian origin, was among the five killed in the missile attack on a mud-house in Asoray village in Mirali tehsil, to the east of North Waziristan’s regional headquarters, Miranshah.

Officials and tribal witnesses said that among those killed were three foreigners of Middle-Eastern origin. While the administration in Miranshah claimed the casualties were the result of an explosion inside the house, tribal witnesses insist that a hail of missiles fired from unmanned air vehicle struck the house at around 1.45 am.

A drone is usually armed with two hellfire missiles and judging from the six explosions, the locals claimed they had heard, it is possible that more than two UAVs took part in the Thursday’s action."

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"Israel successfully tests Arrow"

ARTICL SNIPPET: "Israel Defense Forces carries out a successful test of Arrow anti-missile system; Arrow batteries intercept, destroy long range ballistic test missile in what army describes as most complicated maneuvers
Hanan Greenberg

The Israel Defense Forces carried out a successful test of the Arrow anti-missile system on Thursday in a secret location in the center of the country, the army said.

The Arrow batteries intercepted a ballistic test missile and destroyed it in what experts described as the most complicated interception test carried out by the military so far.

Around 10:30 a.m. Israel time, the Arrow system was activated to intercept a long range ballistic test missile of sophisticated maneuvering capabilities. The test missile was intercepted and destroyed.

The army said preparations for the complicated maneuver had been going on for a long time, refuting any connection between Iran’s nuclear activity and the Arrow test.

Security officials told Ynet that Israel can never be content with the Arrow system which is constantly being upgraded to have better interception capabilities.

“We are in a continuous process of developing the (Arrow) system in line with the developments in our region,” a senior official said.

“We have the Iranian threat but also the Syrian threat, with the country possessing Scud missiles of the improved D range, and this obligates us to constantly improve the system,” the official added."