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DUBAI, July 17 (Reuters) – A Saudi who was freed by U.S.
authorities from detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, only to
become second-in-command of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
(AQAP), has been confirmed dead, AQAP said on Wednesday.
Said al-Shehri was killed in a U.S.-led drone strike in
Yemen, senior AQAP official Ibrahim al Rubaish said in a video
statement posted online. He did not say when the strike
occurred.
(Reporting by Amena Bakr, Editing by William Maclean and Andrew
Heavens)
