A British al-Qaeda suspect reportedly killed by a US missile strike in a Pakistani tribal area was linked to the group’s second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, according to officials
Rashid Rauf and a Saudi militant called Abu Zubair al-Masri were among five killed in a missile attack in North Waziristan on Saturday.
Rauf, a British national, was alleged to have been the mastermind of an al-Qaeda plot to blow up passenger aircraft in mid-air after they left London bound for the United States. more.
