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Senior AQAP leader Nasr Ibn Ali al-Ansi killed
Source: CNN
A senior commander in al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has been killed in a U.S. drone strike, according to an online video statement from an AQAP spokesman.
It was not immediately clear when Nasr Ibn Ali al-Ansi was killed.
A U.S. official confirmed that al-Ansi was dead, but would not say whether his death was the result of a drone strike.
The senior commander was well known for giving a lengthy statement after the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris, claiming AQAP was responsible for the attack.
Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2015/05/07/middleeast/aqap-commander-killed/index.html
The video autoplays, sorry. I hate when they do that.
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