The Blotter: Brian Ross Investigates

Al Qaeda Commander Killed for the Third Time

UPDATE: This story was updated on Jan. 24, 2013. The second in command of al Qaeda's Yemen affiliate was reportedly killed in an airstrike in Yemen in December, according to a news report by Arabic television network Al Arabiya, the third time the former Guantanamo detainee has been reported dead since 2010. According to the report, Said al-Shihri died last month after sustaining severe injuries from a joint U.S.-Yemeni airstrike that targeted a convoy in which he was riding. The al Arabiya...Full Story
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