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July 18, 2013

Al-Qaeda in Yemen Confirms U.S. Drone Strike Killed Top Leader 
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Al-Qaeda's branch in Yemen has confirmed the killing of its number two
leader in a U.S. drone strike last year. Saudi-born Saeed al-Shihri had
previously been reported dead on two occasions, but al-Qaeda in the
Arabian Peninsula says he died in a November attack. Shihri spent six
years in Guantánamo Bay after being captured in Afghanistan. He was
released in 2007 to Saudi Arabia, but went on to Yemen.

 

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