Abdullah Mehdar
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Abdullah Mehdar also known as Abdullah al-Mehdar and Abdullah al-Mehdarhad[1] (?-2010) was an al-Qaeda member who was the leader of an al-Qaeda cell in Yemen. On 13 January 2010 it was reported that he had been killed by Yemeni security forces.[2] He had been fighting alongside Shi'ite rebels in Saada before he was killed in a gunfight in the town of Sa'dah.[3]
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- ^ http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100113/ts_nm/us_yemen_qaeda
- ^ "Yemen forces 'kill al-Qaeda chief'". BBC News Online. 13 January 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8455822.stm.
- ^ "Leader of Al Qaeda in Yemen 'killed in gun battle'". Daily Mail (London). 13 January 2010. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1242847/Al-Qaeda-Yemen-Leader-killed-gun-battle.html.
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