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Yemen: U.S. Drone Strike Kills Al-Qaeda’s Second-in-Command

HeadlineJun 16, 2015

Al-Qaeda has confirmed the death of its second most powerful leader in a U.S. drone strike in Yemen. Nasser al-Wuhayshi was the leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the group’s Yemeni affiliate, and a former personal secretary of Osama bin Laden. The confirmation of his death comes as uncertainty remains over a U.S. attempt to kill militant leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar in Libya. Al-Qaeda released a list of people they say were killed in the U.S. airstrike over the weekend, but Belmokhtar is not on it.

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