A radical Muslim imam linked to the Fort Hood rampage and the leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula are believed to have been killed in a Yemen airstrike that left at least 30 other militants dead, a security official told Reuters on Thursday.
Airstrikes in the eastern Shabwa province targeted an Al Qaeda leadership meeting held to organize terror attacks, Yemen said. The raid is believed to have killed Anwar al-Awlaki and at least two other senior leaders in the organization.
“Awlaki is suspected to be dead [in the air raid],” Reuters quoted an unnamed Yemeni official as saying.
The head of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Nasser al-Wahishi and his deputy, Saeed al-Saudi Shahrani, were present at the meeting, but their deaths could not immediately be confirmed.
“The raid was carried out as dozens of members of Al Qaeda were meeting in Wadi Rafadh,” a source told AFP, referring to a rugged location about 400 miles east of the capital.
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