US Drone Kills 2 Al-Qaeda Operatives In Pakistan : Report

Islamabad, Sept 26, IRNA -- Two key al Qaeda linked operatives, including an operational commander have been killed in a recent US drone strike in North Wazirsitan Agency, a Pakistani media report said Tuesady. The al-Qaeda linked militants killed in the drone strike have been identified as Abu Kasha Al-Iraqi and Saleh Al-Turki, Dawn newspaper reported. Abu Kasha Al-Iraqi, hailing from Iraq, had arrived in North Waziristan Agency in 2001 and had since been one of the key operational commanders of the al Qaeda in North Waziristan tribal region, the daily quoted intelligence officials as saying. Taliban sources also confirmed that Abu Kasha and Saleh al-Turki’s funerals were held in Mosaki area of North Waziristan late Monday night. Local people had reported that six people were killed and two others injured in the US drone attack in North Waziristan’s Mir Ali tehsil on Monday. Security officials, however, had told AFP the attack had killed five militants. The drone fired two missiles on a suspected al-Qaeda and Taliban compound in Degyan area of Dattakhel along the Pak-Afghan border. Abu Kasha and Saleh Al-Turkey were said to be among the militants killed./end