Abu Sulayman Jazairi (died 14 May 2008) was a senior leader of
al Qaeda. He is originally from
Algeria
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and was killed in
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...
.
Operations
Jazairi was known as a weapons expert and was trained with planning attacks on Western targets. He was involved in training al Qaeda terrorists.
Death
Jazairi and several other men, were killed by a
drone attack
Drone warfare is a form of aerial warfare using unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAV) or weaponized commercial unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). The United States, United Kingdom, Israel, China, South Korea, Iran, Italy, France, India, Pakis ...
launched from a
Predator UAV, in
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,
Bajaur District
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, on 14 May 2008.
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References
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Year of birth missing
2008 deaths
Algerian al-Qaeda members
Assassinated al-Qaeda leaders
Deaths by United States drone strikes in Pakistan
Algerian expatriates in Pakistan