01Jun2008 Al-Qaeda chief dies in missile air strike (Grd)

Guardian, 01/06/2008

A rocket fired from an American pilotless drone.has killed 16 people in a house in Pakistan's Bajaur tribal district, including Abu Suleiman al-Jazairi, an al-Qaeda trainer and explosives specialist involved in a range of European terrorist networks "The ability to kill and capture key members of al-Qaeda continues, and keeps them off balance - even in their best safe haven along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border,' said. CIA chief Michael Hayden, who added that "al-Qaeda had been defeated in Saudi Arabia, was losing the battle for hearts and minds in the Islamic world."

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