Monday, June 6, 2011

Al Qaeda Top Op, Ilyas Kashmiri, Killed in Drone Strike

One of al-Qaeda’s leading operational commanders has been reportedly killed by a U.S. drone strike in Waziristan, according to reports that emerged Saturday.

Ilyas Kashmiri, a notorious 45-year-old one-eyed militant rumoured to have once served as a special forces soldier in Pakistan, had been implicated in relentless string of terror attacks. He was affiliated with a Harkat-ul-Jehad-e-Islami terror group and a faction of militants known as the 313 brigade.

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