It has been confirmed that the Taliban's #2 militant leader, Wali-Ur Rehman Mehsud was killed in a drone strike in Pakistan today. Mehsud's aid, Fakhar-ul-Islam, and 2 others were killed in the strike. This is the first hit a drone strike has made since April as well as the first since Obama's counterterrorism speech last week. White House spokesman Jay Carney says that the administration will continue to target high ranking al-Qaeda members through 2014. The Long War Journal has recorded that the United States has launched 14 drone strikes this year. In addition to this they estimate that at least dozens more high ranking al-Qaeda officials could be potentially targeted.
Alec Phillipp
http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/29/world/asia/pakistan-unrest/index.html?hpt=wo_c2
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