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| Title | Report: Drone strike kills another top Al-Qaeda leader in Pakistan |
| Publisher | Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Publication Date | 15 September 2011 |
| Cite as | Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Report: Drone strike kills another top Al-Qaeda leader in Pakistan, 15 September 2011, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4e8973dc21.html [accessed 4 June 2012] |
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Report: Drone strike kills another top Al-Qaeda leader in Pakistan
September 15, 2011
Reports citing unnamed U.S. officials say Al-Qaeda's chief of operations in Pakistan, Abu Hafs al-Shahri, was killed in a drone strike in Pakistan's tribal area.
One of the officials, speaking under condition of anonymity, said "Abu Hafs' death removes a key threat inside Pakistan where he collaborated closely with Tehrik-e Taliban (the main Pakistani Taliban group) to conduct coordinated attacks."
The date and place of the strike that killed Abu Hafs, described as a Saudi national, was not given.
The reported killing of Abu Hafs comes after Al-Qaeda's number two Atiyah abd al-Rahman was killed in August.
compiled from agency reports
Link to original story on RFE/RL website
Topics: Militias, Military operations,
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