Saleh al-Somali
Saleh al-Somali | |
|---|---|
| Died | 8 December 2009 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
| Nationality | Somali |
| Occupation | Alleged al Qaida operational planner |
| Known for | Killed by a missile strike |
Saleh al-Somali, born Abdirizaq Abdi Saleh,[1] was described as being an al-Qaeda leader and the group's head of external operations.[1][2][3][4] He was killed by a missile fired from an unmanned
predator drone
on 8 December 2009.
The missile strike was on a suspect compound in Janikhel village near Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas, today a part of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Initially the identity of the senior
al Qaeda operations planner Saleh al-Somali has been killed".[5]
References
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"Source: Senior al-Qaida leader killed by drone: Militant was head of external operations, official tells NBC News". al-Qaida's senior leadership, said the official, and "probably responsible" for planning and executing attacks in the U.S. and Europe.
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al Qaedaoperative killed in a drone strike in Pakistan earlier this week was Saleh al-Somali, a major operations planner for the terrorist group, ABC News has learned.
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Matt Apuzzo (12 February 2010). "Evolving US strategy widens assault on terrorists". Abdallah Sa'idwere killed in airstrikes in December.
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Washington Post. Archived from the originalon 10 November 2012.
These raids have ravaged the top tier of al-Qaeda's lieutenants. The victims include Saleh al-Somali, the chief of external operations, who was killed Dec. 8; Abdullah Said al-Libi, the chief of operations in Pakistan, who was killed Dec. 17; and Tahir Yuldashev, the leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, who was killed in August.
- ^ "Al Qaeda Operations Planner Saleh Al-Somali Believed Dead in Drone Strike". ABC News. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
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