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Key al Qaeda operative killed in U.S. drone strike in Pakistan

04 June 2011 14:27 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. Senior al Qaeda operative Ilyas Kashmiri, regarded as one of the most dangerous militants in the world, was killed by a U.S. drone aircraft missile strike in Pakistan, an intelligence official and local media said on Saturday. APA reports quoting â€œReutersâ€ and â€œBBCâ€ that he died in the overnight strike in the tribal region of South Waziristan. He is believed to have been one of nine people killed in the attack. The US blames him for organizing multiple attacks in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India - and has offered its maximum reward for a most-wanted target, $5 mln.

The death of the Pakistani militant was another intelligence coup for the United States after U.S. Special Forces killed Osama bin Laden in a town close to Islamabad on May 2.