(Previous Incident Code: Ob303 )

An alleged US led strike in North Waziristan killed up to four people, including Mohammad Ahmed Almansoor, described by Reuters and others as a senior al Qaeda commander.

The CIA strike hit the village of Tabbi, north of Miran Shah on the Gulan Khan road. US intelligence sources told the Long War Journal he was a ‘midlevel commander’, and ‘one of many Pakistanis who are filling out leadership positions in al Qaeda’, while Associated Press reported he was a close associate of Sheikh Khalid Bin Abdul Rehman al-Hussainan, who died in Ob301 days before.

Most agencies identified the others killed only as ‘people.’ The Express Tribune cited local sources as saying that ‘that the three other people killed were Almansoor’s family members.’

‘The drone fired missiles at a house with Almansoor inside, destroying two rooms and a car,’ Reuters reported, adding that four drones were seen above the area according to locals and officials. Xinhua reported locals as saying that ‘fire erupted after the strike completely destroyed the house’.