Senior AQAP Leader Killed In U.S. Operation, Acknowledges Group
May 08 2015
The Yemen-based Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) terrorist group has announced the death of one of its senior commanders, reports CNN.
Nasr Ibn Ali al-Ansi was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Yemen, said an AQAP spokesman on Thursday.
A U.S. official said al-Ansi was killed several weeks ago in Yemen's eastern Hadramout province, reported the Wall Street Journal.
On Jan. 14, he announced that AQAP was responsible for the attack on the offices of a satirical...
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