Ben Venzke

The United States said Tuesday it was certain a CIA drone strike killed Al-Qaeda number two Abu Yahya al-Libi, claiming its top scalp from the terror group since eliminating Osama bin Laden.

A senior Al-Qaeda figure was the target of a US drone strike in Pakistan's tribal belt, reports said Tuesday, as officials kept tight-lipped on whether he may have been among the 15 people killed.

Al-Qaeda's second-in-command Abu Yahya al-Libi was the target of a US drone strike that killed 15 people in Pakistan's lawless tribal belt, US media reported.

DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's Yemen-based wing vowed to "bleed" U.S. resources with inexpensive, small-scale attacks that cost militants just thousands of dollars to mount but billions for the West to guard against.

Yemeni al-Qaida boasts plane package plots cost $4,200, boasts of more to come. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula is promising more small-scale attacks like its attempts to bomb two U.S.-bound cargo planes, which it likens to bleeding its enemy to death by a thousand cuts, in a special edition of the Yemeni-based group's English on-line magazine, Inspire.

The Yemen-based branch of Al-Qaeda has vowed further small but frequent attacks against the West such as last month's cargo plane parcel bombs, in a "strategy of a thousand cuts" that will "bleed the enemy to death", a monitoring group said.

Al-Qaeda said its number three leader and Osama bin Laden's one-time treasurer Mustafa Abu al-Yazid has been killed along with close relatives, in what would be a major blow to the global terror network.

Al-Qaeda said its number three leader and Osama bin Laden's one-time treasurer Mustafa Abu al-Yazid has been killed along with close relatives, in what would be a major blow to the global terror network.

Al-Qaeda said its number three leader and Osama bin Laden's one-time treasurer Mustafa Abu al-Yazid has been killed along with close relatives, in what would be a major blow to the global terror network.

Al-Qaeda said its number three leader and Osama bin Laden's one-time treasurer Mustafa Abu al-Yazid has been killed along with close relatives, in what would be a major blow to the global terror network.

Al-Qaeda said its number three leader and Osama bin Laden's one-time top money man Mustafa Abu al-Yazid has been killed along with several family members, in what would be a major blow to the global terror network.

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Al-Qaeda said its number three leader and Osama bin Laden's one-time top money man Mustafa Abu al-Yazid has been killed along with several family members, in what would be a major blow to the global terror network.

Al-Qaeda has announced the death of Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, its number three leader and Osama bin Laden's one-time top money man, in what would be a major blow to the global terror network.

Al-Qaeda has announced the death of Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, its number three leader and Osama bin Laden's one-time top money man, in what would be a major blow to the global terror network.

Al-Qaeda has announced the death of Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, its number three leader and Osama bin Laden's one-time top money man, in what would be a major blow to the global terror network.

Al-Qaeda has announced the death of Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, regarded as its number three and Osama bin Laden's one-time top money man, in what would be a major blow to the global terror network.

A video allegedly from a Pakistani Taliban group, Tehreek-e-Taliban, claimed responsibility for the New York car bomb attempt, the SITE monitoring service said Sunday, although the claim's credibility has been questioned.

An Internet video purportedly from a Pakistani Taliban group, Tehreek-e-Taliban, claimed responsibility for the car bomb attempt in Times Square in New York, the US monitoring service SITE said Sunday.

New video shows suspected Christmas Day bomber in training for suicide mission. A video has surfaced showing accused Christmas Day bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab training with al-Qaida in Yemen.