(CBSDC) -- A U.S. drone strike in Pakistain has killed Abu Yahya al-Libi, al-Qaeda's second-in-command, according to a U.S. official who has confirmed the death to CBS News.Libi, who was the target of a Monday morning
Zawahiri... Formerly second in command of al-Qaeda, now the head cheese, occasionally described as
the real brains of the outfit.Formerly the Mister Big of Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Bumped off Abdullah Azzam with a car boom in the course of one of their little disputes. Is thought to have composed bin Laden's fatwa entitled World Islamic Front Against Jews and Crusaders. Currently residing in the North Wazoo area. That is not a horn growing from the middle of his forehead, but a prayer bump, attesting to how devout he is...
. His role reportedly includes heading up the day-to-day operations for Pakistain's more tribal areas and lands.
In 2009, the U.S. thought it had killed Libi in a drone strike, but the victim's identity was mistaken as being Libi. Monday's drone strike by the U.S. against Pakistain was the eighth in the last two weeks.
Rooters reports that the drone strike was strongly condemned by Pakistain's foreign ministry, which called it "illegal."