Abdullah Mehdar
Leader of an al-Qaeda cell in Yemen
Abdullah al-Mehdar | |
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Nationality | Yemeni |
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Years of service | ?-2010 |
Rank | commander in the Shabwah Governorate[1] |
Abdullah al-Mehdar[2] (?-2010) was an Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) member who was the leader of a cell in Yemen. On 13 January 2010 it was reported that he had been killed by Yemeni security forces.[3] He was killed in a gunfight in the governorate of Shabwa.[4] The fighting was so intense that it partially 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.
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- Local al-Qaida leader killed in Southern Yemen
- ^ "Reports: Al Qaeda leader killed in Yemen - CNN.com".
- ^ https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100113/ts_nm/us_yemen_qaeda[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Yemen forces 'kill al-Qaeda chief'". BBC News Online. 13 January 2010.
- ^ Black, Ian (13 January 2010). "Al-Qaida leader killed in Yemen as security operations intensify". The Guardian.
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