Al-Qaeda number three 'killed by CIA spy plane' in Pakistan

Source URL: http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/12/04/wpak04.xml
Posted at: http://www.air-attack/com/news/news_article/840

Al-Qaeda's third-ranking leader has been killed by a missile fired by an American drone in Pakistan, near the Afghan border, NBC television news reported yesterday.

Egyptian-born Abu Hamza Rabia, who is said to head al-Qaeda's international operations, was among five people killed in a blast at a house where they were hiding in North Waziristan on Thursday. President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan confirmed Rabia's death yesterday.

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