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| Pakistan al-Qaeda chief 'killed' | Pakistan al-Qaeda chief 'killed' |
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| Al-Qaeda's operations chief in Pakistan and another top aide are believed to have been killed, US sources say. | Al-Qaeda's operations chief in Pakistan and another top aide are believed to have been killed, US sources say. |
| Usama al-Kini and his lieutenant, Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan, were both killed in recent days, US counter-terrorism officials said. | Usama al-Kini and his lieutenant, Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan, were both killed in recent days, US counter-terrorism officials said. |
| Al-Kini was believed to be behind last year's deadly attack on the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, they said. | |
| Fifty-five people were killed when a truck packed with explosives rammed the hotel in September 2008. | Fifty-five people were killed when a truck packed with explosives rammed the hotel in September 2008. |
| Both al-Qaeda suspects died in South Waziristan, on Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, an unidentified US counter-terrorism official told Reuters news agency. | Both al-Qaeda suspects died in South Waziristan, on Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, an unidentified US counter-terrorism official told Reuters news agency. |
| "These deaths are a significant near-term degradation of al-Qaeda's leadership," he added. | "These deaths are a significant near-term degradation of al-Qaeda's leadership," he added. |
| He gave no details of how the men died. But the Washington Post, also citing intelligence sources, said they were killed in a missile strike by a CIA drone aircraft on a building on 1 January. | |
| "They died preparing new acts of terror," the US daily quoted a counter-terrorism official as saying. | |
| The men - both born in Kenya - were on the FBI's most-wanted list over the 1998 bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. | |
| Al-Kini was also thought to have been behind an unsuccessful attempt on the life of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who was later killed in a separate attack, US officials said. |