Al Qaeda No. 2 Abu Khayr al-Masri killed in US drone strike in Syria: Report

[TomSea]

Al Qaeda No. 2 Abu Khayr al-Masri killed in US drone strike in Syria: Report
Al Qaeda's alleged deputy leader Abu Khayr al-Masri was killed in a drone strike in northwest Syria, US-based terrorism-tracking website SITE Intelligence said.
India TV News Desk, Washington [Updated:28 Feb 2017, 0:04:32]

Al Qaeda's alleged deputy leader Abu Khayr al-Masri was killed in a drone strike in northwest Syria, US-based terrorism-tracking website SITE Intelligence said on Monday, citing jihadist sources.

The 59-year-old Egyptian national, the deputy of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Syria died in the US drone strike near the city of Idlib, according to the report.

Abdullah Muhammad Rajab Abdulrahman, known more widely by his nom de guerre Abu al-Khayr al-Masri, may have been killed in a U.S. airstrike on an unmarked sedan on Sunday evening, the SITE said citing reports circulating on Jihadist social media accounts.

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[dfwgator]

It's always Number 2.

[thackney]

It's always Number 2.

Eighty Percent Of Al-Qaeda No. 2s Now Dead
http://www.theonion.com/article/eighty-percent-of-al-qaeda-no-2s-now-dead-5159

The Pentagon announced Monday that 80 percent of Osama bin Laden's seconds-in-command have been eliminated. "Nearly 1,600 al-Qaeda leaders ranked number two have been wiped out," Lt. Col. Mark Allison said. "That leaves only 400 of Osama bin Laden's right-hand men in the organization." Following the apparent failure to kill bin Laden's No. 2 man Ayman al-Zawahri in a missile strike on a Pakistani border town on Jan. 13, American forces intensified the search for al-Qaeda second-in-command Ahmed Al-Zahnami, or, failing that, No. 2 man Amman al-Zaharani, or No. 2 man Ahmed al-Zafarani.

[dfwgator]

I would imagine it would be pretty hard for an "Al Qaeda Number 2" to get a life insurance policy.