Abdullah Mehdar

Abdullah al-Mehdarhad[1] (?-2010) was an Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) member who was the leader of an cell in Yemen. On 13 January 2010 it was reported that he had been killed by Yemeni security forces.[2] He had been fighting alongside Shia rebels in Saada before he was killed in a gunfight in the town of Sa'dah.[3] The fighting was so heavy that it partly destroyed his home. A few days after his death, two Yemeni soldiers were killed in what was believed to have been a reprisal for Mehdar's death.

References

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  1. ↑ http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100113/ts_nm/us_yemen_qaeda[]
  2. ↑ "Yemen forces 'kill al-Qaeda chief'". BBC News Online. 13 January 2010.
  3. ↑ "Leader of Al Qaeda in Yemen 'killed in gun battle'". Daily Mail. London. 13 January 2010.


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