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US claims killing Abu Yahya al Libi in SWA drone strike
 [Geo News] US officials have claimed that Abu Yahya al Libi, a key leader of al Qaeda, has been killed in Tuesday's airstrike in South Waziristan. Local Talibans and government officials have rejected the killing. A US drone targeted a vehicle by launching two missiles in Sipalga area, 12 kilometers from Miranshah, North Waziristan. Three people including two foreigners had been killed in the attack. The US officials have claimed that one of the dead is wanted leader of Al-Qaeda Abu Yahya al Libi. Libi had fled from a US detention facility in Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan in 2005. The US had put a bounty of one million dollars for his arrest. Posted by: Fred 2009-12-12 |
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