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Most wanted terrorist leader confirmed dead in U.S. drone strike in Pakistan
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ISLAMABAD, June 4 (Xinhua) -- The militant group "Harkatul Jihad al-Islami"
confirmed Saturday that its leader Ilyas Kashmiri was killed in a U.S. drone
strike in northwest Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal region late Friday
night.
Ilyas Kashmiri, one of the most wanted militants by Pakistan and the United
States, was among nine militants killed in the U.S. air strike, the BBC Urdu
website had earlier reported.
Abu Hanzala,, a purported spokesman for the militant group, confirmed the
death of Kashmiri, the mastermind of the brazen attack on a naval air
station in Karachi last month, which killed 10 Pakistan navy personnel.
"We confirm the martyrdom of our leader Ilyas Kashmiri in U.S. drone
strike," the spokesman said in a hand-written statement sent to local media,
Dawn and Express TV channels reported.
"We will take revenge of our leader on the U.S.," Abu Hanzala said in the
statement.
Kashmiri was killed when he was having tea with other militants in the
village of Laman, about 10 kilometers from Wana, the center of South
Waziristan.
Kashmiri was among the five most wanted militants, whose names were given to
Pakistani authorities by the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during
her visit to Islamabad last month.
Kashmiri was thought to be one of potential successors to the slain al-Qaida
chief Osama bin Laden.
The strike came days after Pakistan and the U.S. formed a joint intelligence
network to hunt down the most wanted militants including Ilyas Kashmiri,
Mullah Mohammad Omar, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Atiya Abdur Rahman and Sirajuddin
Haqqani.
The death of Kashmiri is believed to be a second major blow to the
terrorists after Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. raid on his hideout in
Pakistan on May 2.
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