Ali bin Ali Douha was a citizen of
Yemen
Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...
described as an
al Qaeda
Al-Qaeda (; , ) is an Islamic extremist organization composed of Salafist jihadists. Its members are mostly composed of Arabs, but also include other peoples. Al-Qaeda has mounted attacks on civilian and military targets in various countr ...
leader.
He was reported to have died during a raid by Yemeni security officials on August 9, 2007.
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Qasim al Rimi and two other suspected militants were reported to have been killed during the raid.
Yemeni security officials are reported to have been tracking the suspects by helicopter 15 kilometers outside of
Ma'rib
Marib ( ar, مَأْرِب, Maʾrib; Old South Arabian: 𐩣𐩧𐩨/𐩣𐩧𐩺𐩨 ''Mryb/Mrb'') is the capital city of Marib Governorate, Yemen. It was the capital of the ancient kingdom of ''Sabaʾ'' ( ar, سَبَأ), which some scholars ...
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According to the ''
Arab News
''Arab News'' is an English-language daily newspaper published in Saudi Arabia. It is published from Riyadh. The target audiences of the paper, which is published in broadsheet format, are businessmen, executives and diplomats.
At least as of ...
'' Ali bin Ali Douha and Qasim al Rimi ''"are believed to be among 10 Al-Qaeda fugitives suspected of having links to the July 2 suicide car bombing attack on a convoy of
Spanish tourists near an archaeological site in Marib."''
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References
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2007 deaths
Yemeni al-Qaeda members
Year of birth missing