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Fri May 8, 2015, 12:04 AM May 2015

Senior AQAP leader Nasr Ibn Ali al-Ansi killed

Source: CNN

A senior commander in al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has been killed in a U.S. drone strike, according to an online video statement from an AQAP spokesman.

It was not immediately clear when Nasr Ibn Ali al-Ansi was killed.

A U.S. official confirmed that al-Ansi was dead, but would not say whether his death was the result of a drone strike.

The senior commander was well known for giving a lengthy statement after the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris, claiming AQAP was responsible for the attack.

Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2015/05/07/middleeast/aqap-commander-killed/index.html



The video autoplays, sorry. I hate when they do that.
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Good riddance. nt okaawhatever May 2015 #1
Some 10,000 more to go ... Go drones!! n/t cosmicone May 2015 #2
To operationally disrupt an organization requires far less than 10,000 kills denbot May 2015 #3
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