Saleh al-Somali explained

Saleh al-Somali
Death Place:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Nationality:Somali
Known For:Killed by a missile strike
Occupation:Alleged al Qaida operational planner

Saleh al-Somali, born Abdirizaq Abdi Saleh, was described as being an al-Qaeda leader and the group's head of external operations.[1] [2] [3] [4] He was killed by a missile fired from an unmanned predator drone on 8 December 2009.The missile strike was on a suspect compound in Janikhel village near Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas, today a part of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Initially the identity of the senior al Qaida leader reported killed was not made public.[2] But on 11 December 2009 ABC News quoted a US security official who said: "There are strong indications that senior al Qaeda operations planner Saleh al-Somali has been killed".[5]

References

  1. News: Source: Senior al-Qaida leader killed by drone: Militant was head of external operations, official tells NBC News . . 25 September 2006 . Abdirizaq Abdi Saleh, better known by his nom de guerre Saleh al-Somali, was a member of al-Qaida's senior leadership, said the official, and "probably responsible" for planning and executing attacks in the U.S. and Europe. .
  2. News: Al Qaeda Operations Planner Saleh al-Somali Believed Dead in Drone Strike: Believed Killed Tuesday Along Lawless Tribal Areas of Western Pakistan . . 11 December 2009 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20100201181349/http://abcnews.go.com/International/Terrorism/al-qaeda-operations-planner-saleh-al-somali-believed/story?id=9314585 . 1 February 2010 . The senior al Qaeda operative 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. . dead.
  3. News: Evolving US strategy widens assault on terrorists . . 12 February 2010 . Matt Apuzzo . https://web.archive.org/web/20100217040657/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g6KkslX8iLPH1UZnvja-rZVQAF4gD9DQMEO00 . 17 February 2010 . Senior al-Qaida operatives Saleh al-Somali and Abdallah Sa'id were killed in airstrikes in December. . dead.
  4. News: What the partisan squabbles miss on Obama's terror response . . 17 February 2010 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20121110035629/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/16/AR2010021605043.html?hpid=opinionsbox1 . 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. . dead.
  5. Web site: Al Qaeda Operations Planner Saleh Al-Somali Believed Dead in Drone Strike . 2022-10-15 . ABC News . en.

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