Senior al Qaeda operative killed by airstrike in Yemen
Hakim Almasmari, for CNN
Updated 6:00 AM EDT,
Mon May 7, 2012
Fahd al Quso, a senior operative of al Qaeda, was killed by an airstrike in Yemen on Sunday, officials said.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
NEW: Fahd al Quso was killed while riding in a vehicle, Yemeni officials say
NEW: Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula confirmed his death in text messages
He is wanted in the USS Cole bombing in Yemen, which killed 17 U.S. sailors
More than 240 militants have been killed over the last month in Abyan, officials say
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