Saleh al-Somali
Saleh al-Somali | |
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| Died | 8 December 2009 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,Pakistan |
| Nationality | Somali |
| Occupation | Alleged al Qaida operational planner |
| Known for | Killed by a missile strike |
Saleh al-Somali,bornAbdirizaq Abdi Saleh,[1]was described as being anal-Qaedaleader and the group's head of external operations.[1][2][3][4] He was killed by a missile fired from an unmannedpredator droneon 8 December 2009. The missile strike was on a suspect compound in Janikhel village nearPakistan'sFederally Administered Tribal Areas,today a part of theKhyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Initially the identity of the senioral Qaidaleader reported killed was not made public.[2]But on 11 December 2009ABC Newsquoted a US security official who said: "There are strong indications that senioral Qaedaoperations planner Saleh al-Somali has been killed ".[5]
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"Source: Senior al-Qaida leader killed by drone: Militant was head of external operations, official tells NBC News".NBC News.25 September 2006.
Abdirizaq Abdi Saleh, better known by his nom de guerre Saleh al-Somali, was a member ofal-Qaida's senior leadership, said the official, and "probably responsible" for planning and executing attacks in the U.S. and Europe.
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Luis Martinez,Martha Raddatz(11 December 2009)."Al Qaeda Operations Planner Saleh al-Somali Believed Dead in Drone Strike: Believed Killed Tuesday Along Lawless Tribal Areas of Western Pakistan".ABC News.Archived fromthe originalon 1 February 2010.
The senioral Qaedaoperative 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.
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Matt Apuzzo (12 February 2010)."Evolving US strategy widens assault on terrorists".Associated Press.Archived fromthe originalon 17 February 2010.
Senior al-Qaida operatives Saleh al-Somali andAbdallah Sa'idwere killed in airstrikes in December.
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David Ignatius(17 February 2010)."What the partisan squabbles miss on Obama's terror response".Washington Post.Archived fromthe originalon 10 November 2012.
These raids have ravaged the top tier of al-Qaeda's lieutenants. The victims include Saleh al-Somali, the chief of external operations, who was killed Dec. 8; Abdullah Said al-Libi, the chief of operations in Pakistan, who was killed Dec. 17; and Tahir Yuldashev, the leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, who was killed in August.
- ^"Al Qaeda Operations Planner Saleh Al-Somali Believed Dead in Drone Strike".ABC News.Retrieved15 October2022.
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