US drone strike kills another al Qaeda leader in North Waziristan

The attack killed Mohammad Ahmed Almansoor and three others in a village close to Miranshah.


Zulfiqar Ali/reuters December 09, 2012

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A US drone attack killed a senior al Qaeda commander in Pakistan’s northwest on Sunday, military intelligence officials said, the second militant leader to be killed in strikes by the unmanned aircraft in three days.     

The attack killed Mohammad Ahmed Almansoor and three others in a village close to Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan, near the Afghan border. Local sources told The Express Tribune that the three other people killed were Almansoor’s family members.

The drone fired missiles at a house with Almansoor inside, destroying two rooms and a car. Four drones were seen flying over the area during the attack, residents and government officials said.

The local sources added that Almansoor had been living in North Waziristan for a long time and used to wear the local dress.

An intelligence official told The Express Tribune that a foreigner was also reportedly killed in the attack, but his name and identity could not be ascertained as yet.

A similar attack on Thursday in North Waziristan had killed another senior al Qaeda commander, Abu Zaid, who replaced Abu Yahya al-Libi as one of the militant Islamist group’s most powerful figures, intelligence sources said.

A US drone attack also killed Libi in June.

COMMENTS (33)

sabi | 11 years ago | Reply

@Sultan Ahmed: Pakistan’s sovereignty and global law they shamashed away.on the other hand,efforts of peace process has also been badly affected" Sovereignty is not a one way ticket.It is not the birth right of Pakistan to voilate sovreignity of other states,for example Afghanistan and expect others to respect Pakistan.I hope you will give due consideration and your pain will be relieved.Pakistan is pioneer in this field.What a courage!

sabi | 11 years ago | Reply

@Sultan Ahmed: Most of these Abus this and abu that have never seen any foreign land nor they know a single word of arabic nor they have any look up of arab features.The trend is continueng among men and women having name like abu and um'e.These behroopiye,thugs in the guise of religion has fooled the people so easly.

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