Al-Qaeda Leader Abu Yahya al-Libi Target Of US Drone Strike -- The Telegraph
Pakistani militants have claimed that al-Qaeda’s second-in-command cheated death after US officials confirmed they had launched a drone strike to target him.
US officials initially said they were “optimistic” that Abu Yahya al-Libi was killed when missiles destroyed his vehicle and a militant compound in North Waziristan, leaving 15 dead.
However, a senior militant figure later told The Daily Telegraph that Libi was not caught in the attack. “The vehicle belonged to al-Libi but at the time he wasn’t in the vehicle,” said a Pakistan Taliban commander.
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