Al Qaeda Militant Killed by US

The US has reportedly killed a mid-level Iraqi Al Qaeda leader in an airstrike in North West Pakistan today.

From Reuters:

The intelligence official identified the al Qaeda leader as Abu Akash.

“He is a mid-level al Qaeda man who was leading a high-profile life in Mir Ali,” said the official, who declined to be identified, referring to the second biggest town in the North Waziristan region on the Afghan border.