Abu Sayyaf Militant Believed Killed In Pakistan
January 22 2010
A Filipino militant from the Abu Sayyaf group has reportedly been killed in a drone airstrike in Pakistan's tribal areas, the New York Times reports.
A suspected U.S. unmanned aircraft hit a compound Jan. 14 in the Shaktu area of South Waziristan, apparently targeting Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud, Pakistani intelligence officials said.
The strike is said to have hit Abdul Basit Usman, a bomb-making expert who also has been linked to Jemaah Islamiya, according to...
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