White House: Al Qaeda No. 2 Leader Is Dead -- CNN
(CNN) -- Abu Yahya al-Libi, the No. 2 man in al Qaeda and a longtime public face of the terrorist network, is dead, White House spokesman Jay Carney said Tuesday.
Al-Libi's death was "another serious blow to core al Qaeda," said Carney. "His death is part of the degradation taking place in core al Qaeda in the last several years," Carney said.
Earlier Tuesday, U.S. officials said that al-Libi was killed Monday by a CIA drone strike in Pakistan.
Al-Libi's death marks one of the most significant blows to al Qaeda since the U.S. military killed Osama bin Laden in a daring nighttime raid in Pakistan a year ago.
Al-Libi was second-in-command behind al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who took the helm after bin Laden's death.
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Al Qaeda's No. 2 killed in Pakistan by CIA drone strike -- New York Daily News
US has ‘depleted’ al-Qaeda’s ranks by killing deputy leader -- Euro News
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Explainer: What al-Libi's death means for al Qaeda -- CNN
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Profile: Abu Yahya al-Libi -- BBC
Abu Yahya al-Libi -- The Guardian
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