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Drone Strike Kills Top Pakistani Terrorist

   VOA News  June 04, 2011
   Map of Waziristan in Pakistan

   One of the most wanted terrorist leaders in Pakistan is dead, killed in
   a suspected U.S. drone strike.
   Pakistani intelligence sources Saturday said that senior al-Qaida
   leader Ilyas Kashmiri died in an attack on a location in South
   Waziristan, along with eight other militants.
   Kashmiri's own militant group, Harakat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HUJI), also
   confirmed his death in a fax to news organizations. HUJI said Kashmiri
   was "martyred" on Friday.
   The United States had designated Kashmiri a "Specially Designated
   Global Terrorist." It had put up a $5 million reward for information
   leading to his capture.
   The U.S. blames the group for the March 2006 bombing of the U.S.
   consulate in Karachi that killed four people and wounded 48 others. A
   U.S. grand jury indicted Kashmiri in 2010 in connection with a plot to
   attack a Danish newspaper.
   HUJI vowed to take revenge against the U.S. for Kashmiri's death. His
   killing comes about a month after U.S. special forces entered Pakistan
   and killed al-Qaida mastermind Osama bin Laden in his hideout near
   Islamabad.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.