Blow to al Qaeda in Yemen

Monday, Saad Al-Shehri, al Qaeda's number 2 leader, was killed in an airstrike.A missile, fired by a U.S. operated drone, killed the Saudi national. A senior official at the Yemeni president's office confirmed the attack by DNA tests have not been conclusive.  This is a major blow to the militant group; this will cripple the group in Yemen, which is a crucial battleground for the terror network. Yemen's branch of al Qaeda is the world's most active and the most dangerous to the U.S. Al Qaeda in Yemen has been linked to several attempted attacks on U.S. targets.

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