The attention has been acknowledged that al Qaeda commander Sheikh Mohammad Fateh al Masri was recently killed within the past few days. Al Masri was one of the two commanders in charge of al Qaeda; which he took the place of Mustafa Abu Yazid whom was killed a few months ago during a drone strike. Commonly al Masri is said to have been killed in a drone strike operated by the United States.
The drone strike took place in North Waziristan. A few days later another drone strike occured killing four al Qaeda suspected militants in Pakistan. Over the past year Pakistan and it's tribal region have faced drone strikes sixty five times, with this past month having the highest number of attacks.
Sheikh Mohammad Fateh al Masri had a variety of important roles throughout his militant lifetime. He was the leader of Qaidat al-Jihad fi Khorasan. Al Masri was in charge of military operations in Afghanistan; along with formulating attacks toward Pakistan. Along with being one of al Qaeda's commanders Yazid also had an important role in leadership. He was in charge of all the finances and he was the paymaster.
It seems that both al Masri and Yazid played important roles in al Qaeda's over all structure. The two commanders lead the organization through decisions and attacks, but were both killed during drone strikes. Who ever is against al Qaeda knows exactly what they are doing, and how to eliminate them from the picture. Is the United States or whom ever trying to slowly kill off members of al Qaeda? But if so what is the reason why? Are the drone strikes in hopes of preventing and minimizing more attacks from al Qaeda?
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/09/28/pakistan.militant.killed/index.html?npt=NP1
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