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Summons to War Crimes Tribunal (and verdict slip and death warrant) delivered to member Al Qaeda Leadership via Hellfire Missile.

Major Al-Qaeda operative killed in US missile strike: official

SLAMABAD (AFP) – A major Al-Qaeda operative of Arab origin was among six militants killed overnight in a suspected US missile strike in northwest Pakistan, a senior security official told AFP Wednesday.

Security sources identified the militant as Abdullah Azam al-Saudi, a senior member in Osama bin Laden’s Al-Qaeda network.

“He was a senior commander of Al-Qaeda and was involved in recruiting and training of fighters,” the senior official said.

According to US intelligence shared with Pakistan, al-Saudi was the main link between Al-Qaeda’s senior command and Taliban networks in the Pakistani border region, an Islamabad-based senior security official said.

Sic semper terrorist.  You have the right to remain dead.

The Long War Journal further informs us:

US Predator strikes al Qaeda & Taliban outside of Pakistan’s tribal areas
By Bill Roggio

An unmanned US Predator aircraft attacked a Taliban and al Qaeda safe house in the Bannu Frontier Region east of North Waziristan early today, according to reports from the region.

At least five people were killed in the early morning airstrike, including two “foreigners,” according to Dawn. Five people are reported to have been wounded. Arabs and other central Asian and North African al Qaeda members are often called foreigners by local Pakistanis.

Abdullah Azzam al Saudi, a senior al Qaeda leader operating in Pakistan’s tribal areas and the Northwest Frontier Province, is reported to have been killed in the attack. Azzam, a Saudi national, serves a liaison between al Qaeda and the Taliban operating in Pakistan’s northwest, intelligence officials told The Long War Journal. Azzam facilitates al Qaeda’s external operations network that is tasked with striking against the West. He also served as a recruiter and trainer for al Qaeda.

Dawn said the attack occurred in the Hindi Khel region of Bannu, while Reuters claimed the strike was in Jani Khel. The Hellfire missiles launched from the Predator is said to have hit a compound owned by a “tribesman” named Sakhi Mohammad. The Taliban often host al Qaeda meeting and shelter members in their fortress-like compounds in Pakistan’s tribal areas.

Bannu, a Frontier Region, is outside of Pakistan’s tribal areas. Bannu borders the Taliban-controlled North and South Waziristan tribal areas to the east. According to US intelligence officials and reports from the region, Bannu is effectively under Taliban control.

Terrorists, like venomous snakes, should be terminated whenever and wherever they are found.