Al Qaeda's No. 3 Believed Killed In Pakistan

Al Qaeda's No. 3 believed killed in Pakistan

The death of Sheik Said Masri, the terrorist network's operations chief and a relative of Osama bin Laden, would be a blow to Al Qaeda. U.S. officials say he was targeted in a drone strike. Al Qaeda's third-ranking leader — a close associate and relative by marriage to Osama bin Laden — is believed to have been killed in a U.S.

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