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WASHINGTON — A senior al-Qaeda operations planner was killed in an American missile strike this week in western Pakistan, a U.S. counterterrorism official said Friday.
Saleh al-Somali was responsible for the terrorism group’s operations outside the Afghanistan-Pakistan region, reaching into activities in Africa. The official said al-Somali was thought to have been involved in plotting attacks against the United States and Europe. He was killed by an unmanned drone missile Tuesday.
The official said al-Somali was part of al-Qaeda’s senior leadership circle.
