Wire services quoting an anonymous senior U.S. counterterrorism official say the dead man evidently is Hussein al-Yemeni, who is believed to have played a key role in the bombing of a CIA post in Afghanistan in December.
The official says the missile strike took place in Miran Shah, the main town in Pakistan's province of North Waziristan.
Al-Yemeni is considered an important Al-Qaeda planner and explosives expert who had established contacts with militant groups ranging from Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula to the Afghan and Pakistani Taliban.
In the December attack, a Jordanian suicide bomber killed seven CIA employees -- four officers and three contracted security guards -- and a Jordanian intelligence officer.
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Benedict XVI and the Israeli president call for “an agreement that is respectful of the legitimate aspirations of the two peoples.” They also talked about the results of the bilateral working commission that has worked for years on drafting an agreement to settle economic and tax issues. Both men ...
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