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November 5, 2014

U.S. Drone Strike Reportedly Kills al-Qaeda Leader in Yemen 
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A top al-Qaeda leader has reportedly been killed in a new U.S. drone
strike inside Yemen. Shawqi al-Badani, head of al-Qaeda in the Arab
Peninsula and deemed a "global terrorist" by the United States, was
among four people reportedly killed in an American attack overnight.
Badani has been accused of links to bombings that killed more than 100
Yemeni soldiers and a plot on the U.S. Embassy in Yemen. The strike
follows an earlier U.S. bombing that killed at least 10 alleged
militants.

 

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