U.S. officials say top al-Qaida leader killed

U.S. officials say top al-Qaida leader killed

NBC News and news services
updated 5:05 p.m. CT, Thurs., Dec . 10, 2009

A high-ranking al-Qaida figure was killed Thursday in an attack by a drone aircraft in northwest Pakistan, U.S. officials told NBC News.

The officials did not identify who was killed, except to say that it was not al-Qaida’s supreme leader, Osama bin Laden. If the report is confirmed, it would be the first time coalition forces had killed a top al-Qaida figure in almost a year.

The officials said the killing was the result of stepped-up operations targeting al-Qaida leaders in recent weeks.

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[edit on 12/10/09 by Djdoubt03]

That cant be true because I seen him on Fox yesterday for an interview...Dick Cheney...

2nd line

[edit on 10-12-2009 by Grayelf2009]

What a surprise. They escalate the war, and now it's a grand success.
Hooray.

i wonder if the newly discovered stealth uav was responsible for this.

These top alCIAda guys are like roaches, you kill 1 900 more pop up..

WTF is up with this, people are that stupid to fall for garbage like this.. And I wonder why our world is going to hell so bad... Shame on me, and everyone else who thinks the same thing I do.