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US says senior Al-Qaeda figure killed in drone strike
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091211/ts_afp/usattackspakistanusqaedamissile_20091211205910
WASHINGTON (AFP) – A senior Al-Qaeda leader has been killed in a drone strike in northwest Pakistan, a US official told AFP on Friday.
The person killed was an “upper-tier” figure in the Al-Qaeda network, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The raid was part of a growing bombing campaign by the United States against Al-Qaeda and Taliban figures in tribal areas of Pakistan and came amid CBS reports that the man killed was the Al-Qaeda number three, Abu Yahya al-Libi.
The operation did not target Al-Qaeda’s leader, Osama bin Laden, or his Egyptian deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, officials said.
Good shooting, Dick Cheney! ;-)