Usama Al-Kini

Usama Al-Kini
Usama Al-Kini's FBI photo.

Usama Al Kini (d. January 1, 2009(2009-01-01)) — or Osama al-Kini — was a citizen of Kenya believed to have held a senior leadership role in Al Qaeda.[1][2] According to a United States military spokesmen, Al-Kini was the head of Al Qaeda's operations in Pakistan. Al-Kini was on the FBI's most wanted list. He was believed to have planned the bombing of the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad that left 55 dead.

A Hellfire missile fired from a CIA operated Predator UAV killed Al-Kini and his deputy, Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan, in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas on January 1, 2009.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Shah, Saeed (2009-01-10). "Al-Qaida chief killed in Pakistan, US claims". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/10/al-qaida-pakistan-us. Retrieved 2009-02-10. 
  2. ^ Hussain, Zahid (2009-01-09). "Usama al-Kini, head of al-Qaeda in Pakistan, killed by US military". London: The Times. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5479455.ece. Retrieved 2009-02-10. 

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