Al Qaeda's Anwar al-Awlaki killed in CIA drone strike
The American-born radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, a major al Qaeda figure who US officials say inspired several terror plots against the US, was killed overnight in Yemen in a CIA drone strike, US and Yemeni officials told ABC News.
Islamabad - An al-Qaeda operative suspected of the 2002 US consulate bombing in Karachi has been killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan's tribal region near the Afghan border, a security official said on Thursday.