The senior al Qaeda operative killed in a drone strike in Pakistan earlier this week was Saleh al-Somali, a major operations planner for the terrorist group, ABC News has learned.
“There are strong indications that senior al Qaeda operations planner Saleh al-Somali has died,” a senior U.S. official told ABC News.
Al-Somali was believed killed in a drone strike Tuesday that likely was part of the CIA’s continuing program that uses armed Predator drones to target al Qaeda terrorists operating along the lawless tribal areas of western Pakistan that border Afghanistan.
Questions Over Who Was Killed in Drone Strike
Since Tuesday’s attack in Pakistan’s northern Waziristan region, speculation had run rampant that a senior al Qaeda operative had been killed in the attack.
Source: abcnews
