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Abdullah Mehdar

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Abdullah al-Mehdar
NationalityYemeni
Military career
Allegiance Al-Qaeda
Service / branch AQAP
Years of service?-2010
Rankcommander in the Shabwah Governorate[1]

Abdullah al-Mehdar[2] (?-2010) was an Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) member who was the leader of a cell in Yemen. On 13 January 2010 it was reported that he had been killed by Yemeni security forces.[3] He was killed in a gunfight in the governorate of Shabwa.[4] The fighting was so intense that it partially destroyed his home. A few days after his death, two Yemeni soldiers were killed in what was believed to have been a reprisal for Mehdar's death.

References

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  1. ^ "Reports: Al Qaeda leader killed in Yemen - CNN.com".
  2. ^ https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100113/ts_nm/us_yemen_qaeda[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Yemen forces 'kill al-Qaeda chief'". BBC News Online. 13 January 2010.
  4. ^ Black, Ian (13 January 2010). "Al-Qaida leader killed in Yemen as security operations intensify". The Guardian.