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U.S. Defense Dept. reports airstrike in Yemen killed Abu Khattab al Awlaqi (Source: defense.gov)

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U.S. Airstrike Kills Senior al-Qaida Leader in Yemen

by Press on June 22, 2017

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Abu Khattab al Awlaqi killing — U.S. Defense Dept. reports airstrike in Yemen killed Abu Khattab al Awlaqi (Source: defense.gov)

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2017 — An al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula senior leader was killed in Yemen’s Shabwah governorate by a June 16 U.S. airstrike, U.S. Central Command said in a release.

Abu Khattab al Awlaqi, the emir for al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula’s terrorist stronghold in the governorate, was killed in the airstrike along with two of his group’s associates, the…