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Qasim al Raymi, the military commander of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, was among six reported killed in an airstrike.
Hakeemullah Mehsud dodged yesterday's airstrike, according to US intelligence officials. He may have been wounded in the attack.
The data on the US airstrikes against the Taliban and al Qaeda in Pakistan's lawless tribal agencies, updated in real time.
The latest attack targeted a compound formerly used as a seminary. Ten Taliban fighters are thought to have been killed.
Mansur al Shami was an al Qaeda ideologue and a bodyguard for al Qaeda's leader in Afghanistan. His death was reported on jihadist forums.
The Jordanian who attacked a CIA base in Khost, Afghanistan, Humam Khalil Muhammed Abu Mulal al Balawi, is seen on a martyrdom tape with Hakeemullah Mehsud, the leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan.
Aircraft twice hit a Taliban training camp in Datta Khel. Two "foreigners" are reported to have been killed in the third strike this year.
The US conducted 47 percent more strikes in 2009 than in 2008, and there is no sign the intensity of the campaign will abate in 2010.
Haji Omar Khan, a long-time ally of Taliban leader Mullah Omar, was killed in the attack in Machi Khel, according to his family.
The attack in the Mir Ali region is the 52nd recorded cross-border strike by the US in 2009.
The Dec. 28 Karachi suicide attack killed 43 people. Taliban commander Asmatullah Bhittani said such attacks would continue.
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Al Qaeda's military commander in Yemen reported killed
Pakistani Taliban chief survived US airstrike
Tracking the US air campaign in Pakistan
US airstrike hits Taliban camp in North Waziristan
Jordanian al Qaeda operative killed in US airstrike in Pakistan
Most Wanted: Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
A look at Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's top leaders, ideologues, and operatives.US airstrike kills 4 Taliban fighters in North Waziristan
The strike targeted a training center in a region run by Taliban commander Hafiz Gul Bahadar. Today's strike is the fifth this year and the sixth in 10 days.CIA suicide bomber appears on tape with leader of Pakistani Taliban
US killed al Qaeda's Lashkar al Zil commander in airstrike
Mustafa Abu Yazid, al Qaeda's leader in Afghanistan, confirmed that Abdullah Said al Libi was killed in a US airstrike. Yazid confirmed this in a tape praising the suicide attack on the CIA base in Khost.US, Afghan forces target insurgent leaders in the East
ISAF said 23 "key insurgent leaders" were killed in eastern Afghanistan between mid-November and December 2009.US kills 17 in latest North Waziristan strike
Analysis: US air campaign in Pakistan heats up
US airstrike kills 2 Taliban fighters in Mir Ali in Pakistan
The strike is the third in the Mir Ali region in North Waziristan since New Year's Eve. Taliban commander Sadir Noor was the target of the strike.Senior Taliban leader reported killed in New Year's Eve strike
Haji Omar Khan, a long-time ally of Taliban leader Mullah Omar, was killed in the attack in Machi Khel, according to his family.

