(AP-New York Times) Al-Qaeda on Tuesday confirmed that Nasir al-Wahishi, its no. 2 figure and leader of its Yemeni affiliate, was killed in a U.S. airstrike. Al-Wahishi once served as bin Laden's personal secretary, and was deputy to Ayman al-Zawahri, who succeeded bin Laden in 2011. Yemeni security officials said a U.S. drone strike killed three militants in the al-Qaeda-held city of Mukalla last week. Al-Qaeda's Yemen affiliate has been linked to a number of foiled or botched attacks on the U.S. homeland.
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