Saleh al-Somali
Saleh al-Somali | |
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Died | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan | 8 December 2009
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 Qaida leader reported killed was not made public.[2] But on 11 December 2009 ABC News quoted a US security official who said: "There are strong indications that senior al Qaeda operations planner Saleh al-Somali has been killed".[5]
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