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Intelligence official says that Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, Al-Qaeda’s second-in-command

An intelligence official says that Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, Al-Qaeda’s second-in-command, accused of helping to mastermind the 1998 bombings of two United States embassies in Africa, was killed in Iran in August by Israeli operatives.

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NewsIntelligence official says that Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, Al-Qaeda’s second-in-command

An intelligence official says that Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, Al-Qaeda’s second-in-command, accused of helping to mastermind the 1998 bombings of two United States embassies in Africa, was killed in Iran in August by Israeli operatives.

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