Senior al Qaeda Leader Killed In Recent Drone Strike: Report -- Long War JournalA senior al Qaeda operative who served as an aide to al Qaeda's external operations chief was killed in a drone strike last week, according to US officials. The report has not been confirmed.
Aslam Awan, a deputy to the leader of al Qaeda's external operations network, was killed in the Jan. 11 airstrike in Miramshah, the main town in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan, US officials told Reuters. The external operations network is a branch of al Qaeda's military council that is tasked with striking in the US, Europe, and areas outside of South Asia.
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