A key al Qaeda operative linked to the planning and execution of the deadly 2000 attack on the American warship U. S. S Cole was…
A key al Qaeda operative linked to the planning and execution of the deadly 2000 attack on the American warship U. S. S Cole was killed during a U. S. airstrike in Yemen, military officials confirmed Sunday.
Jamal al-Badawi, a “legacy” al Qaeda member was killed while traveling through Marib governate by an American strike, U. S. Central Command spokesman Capt. Bill Urban said in a statement. He did not confirm whether al-Badawi was killed by a drone strike or by U. S. fighter aircraft, or whether other members of the terror group were also killed in the attack, roughly 70 miles from the Yemeni capital of Sana’a.
