Abu Sulayman Al-Jazairi Explained

Abu Sulayman Al-Jazairi
Death Place:	Damadola, Bajaur District, Pakistan
Module:	Embed: yes Allegiance: Al-Qaeda Branch: Al-Qaeda central (?–2008) Rank: Al-Qada officer and Weapons instructor Battles: War in Afghanistan (2001–present) War in North-West Pakistan

Abu Sulayman Jazairi (died 14 May 2008) was a senior leader of al Qaeda. He is originally from Algeria and was killed in Pakistan.

Operations

Jazairi was known as a weapons expert and was trained with planning attacks on Western targets.^[1] He was involved in training al Qaeda terrorists.^[2]

Death

Jazairi and several other men, were killed by a drone attack launched from a Predator UAV, in Damadola, Bajaur District, on 14 May 2008.^[3]

Notes and References

1. http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/05/senior_algerian_al_q.php Senior Algerian al Qaeda operative killed in May 14 strike inside Pakistan – The Long War Journal
2. News: U.S. believes strike in Pakistan killed key terrorist. Los Angeles Times. Josh . Meyer . Sebastian . Rotella . 24 May 2008 .
3. News: Drone strikes killed high-value targets, US tells Pakistan . . 2009-02-09 . 2009-02-10 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20090212134817/http://dawn.com/2009/02/09/top4.htm . 12 February 2009.