May 31, 2010 9:30 PM
LWJ
Top al Qaeda leader Mustafa Abu Yazid confirmed killed in airstrike in North Waziristan
By Bill RoggioMay 31, 2010
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/05/top_al_qaeda_leader_1.php
Al Qaeda has announced that its top leader in Afghanistan and chief financial official was killed in a US airstrike in Pakistan 10 days ago.
Mustafa Abu Yazid, who is also known as Sheikh Saeed al Masri, was killed in the May 21 Predator strike in the village of Mohammed Khel in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan. Datta Khel is a known al Qaeda hub in North Waziristan.