[Pak Daily Times] An Iraqi al Qaeda operative was believed to be one of seven Islamic fascisti killed by a US missile strike in a the Tribal Areas along the Afghan border overnight Monday, Pak intelligence officials said. The officials said the man, identified as Abu Zaid al-Iraqi, handled the terrorist group's finances in Pakistain. He was not known to be on any published US lists of wanted al Qaeda leaders, and US officials do not normally acknowledge the existence of the CIA-led missile program or talk about who is being killed.
The strike was the first since the arrest of US citizen, Raymond Davis, who shot two Paks in late January. Three missiles hit a house in the village of Kaza Panga in the Azam Warsak area of South Wazoo tribal region, said two intelligence officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to talk to news hounds.
Al-Iraqi was believed to be one of several foreigners among the dead. He was described as being in his late 30s and going by the local name "Ali Khan." Al-Iraqi is believed to have shifted to South Wazoo in 2008 after time spent in Afghanistan. The officials said they learned of his death through agents on the ground in South Wazoo, as well as sources in the Taliban.