{"id":29688,"date":"2012-12-08T10:14:13","date_gmt":"2012-12-08T08:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=29688"},"modified":"2012-12-08T14:29:00","modified_gmt":"2012-12-08T12:29:00","slug":"top-al-qaeda-leader-killed-in-us-drone-strike-in-pakistan-29688","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/top-al-qaeda-leader-killed-in-us-drone-strike-in-pakistan-29688\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Al Qaeda leader killed in US drone strike in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Top Al Qaeda leader Sheikh Khalid Bin Abdul Rehman Al-Hussainan was killed in US drone strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

US drone attack in Pakistan\u2019s North Wazirstan tribal area has killed a top Al Qaeda commander<\/h1>\n

Islamabad, Dec 8\/Nationalturk- A top Al-Qaeda commander was reportedly killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan\u2019s North Wazirstan tribal area.<\/p>\n

Media reports said that Al Qaeda leader Abu Zaid was among 11 persons killed in US drone strike on a militant hideout in North Waziristan on Thursday.<\/p>\n

According to NBC News, Sheikh Khalid Bin Abdul Rehman Al-Hussainan alias Abu-Zaid al Kuwaiti was killed in Pakistan while eating breakfast.\u00a0 \u201cThe 46-year-old cleric was seen as part of the \u2018very top tier\u2019 of Al Qaida’s remaining leaders in the wake of the death of Osama bin Laden\u201d.<\/p>\n

It said the news was announced on an Al Qaida web forum on Friday. \u201cWe celebrate to you the news of the martyrdom of the working scholar Shaykh Khalid al-Hussainan (Abu Zaid al-Kuwaiti) while eating his Suhoor (dawn time) meal, and we urge Allah to accept him in paradise,” a post had said.<\/p>\n

He was at forefront of new Al Qaeda leadership<\/h2>\n

According to NBC News counterterrorism analyst al-Hussainan was at the forefront of a new wave of al-Qaida leadership.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was the last senior Al-Qaida leader in the Afghanistan-Pakistan area who was, one, from the Arabian Peninsula and, two, who had serious clerical credentials.\u00a0 Now there is no obvious publicly recognizable candidate left to succeed Zawahiri,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Al-Hussainan was seen in numerous Al Qaida videos in recent years offering religious training to the group\u2019s operatives. The videos were widely circulated by al-Shabab, al-Qaida\u2019s media wing. He also authored several books of religious thoughts.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Pakistan security officials based in North Waziristan said they were aware of the death of a senior al Qaeda commander but could not confirm his identity or rank.<\/p>\n

\u201cSheikh Khalid Bin Abdul Rehman Al-Hussainan had replaced Abu Yahya al-Libi as one of al Qaeda\u2019s most powerful figures in June after Libi was killed by a US drone strike,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n

Write your comments and thoughts below<\/em><\/p>\n

Faiz Ahmad \/ NationalTurk Pakistan News<\/strong><\/p>\n

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