A mid-level al Qaeda leader, identified as an Iraqi, was among up to 20 people killed on Friday in a U.S. missile strike in northwest Pakistan, a Pakistani intelligence official said. The intelligence official identified the al Qaeda leader as Abu Akash and said he was believed to have been Iraqi.REUTERS/Graphics
Al Qaeda Militant Said Killed In U.S. Strike
In Pakistan -- Reuters
In Pakistan -- Reuters
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - A mid-level al Qaeda leader, identified as an Iraqi, was among up to 20 people killed on Friday in a U.S. missile strike in northwest Pakistan, a Pakistani intelligence official said.
The intelligence official identified the al Qaeda leader as Abu Akash.
"He is a mid-level al Qaeda man who was leading a high-profile life in Mir Ali," said the official, who declined to be identified, referring to the second biggest town in the North Waziristan region on the Afghan border.
Two missiles were fired by a pilotless "drone" aircraft into a house in Mir Ali, a major sanctuary for foreign Islamist militants including Arabs, and Central Asians, another intelligence official said.
A witness said the house was ablaze after the strike.
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