也门基地组织首领被杀

An al-Qaeda leader in Yemen wanted in connection with the 2000 bombing of the American warship¹ USS Cole has been killed in an air raid.

也门一名基地组织通缉犯在一场空袭中被杀，他涉嫌参与2000年美国科尔号战舰爆炸案。

Fahd al Quso was described as 'a senior terrorist operative' and had a price of $5 million on his head
A tribal² leader in the east of the country says Fahd al-Quso was killed by two missiles fired from a drone.

His death was confirmed by al-Qaeda and Yemen's embassy in the US. At least one other man died in the strike.

The US had offered a $5m (£3.1m, 3.8m-euro) reward for information leading to his capture.

A US official welcomed the death of the "senior terrorist operative". He told AFP news agency that al-Quso had been planning further attacks against the US and Yemen.

The USS Cole was attacked in October 2000 in the Yemeni port of Aden. Militants³ in a boat packed with explosives blew a hole in the destroyer's side, killing⁴ 17 US sailors and wounding 40.

The US has never formally acknowledged the use of drones against Yemeni al-Qaeda suspects, but is thought to have carried out eight other attacks of this kind so far this year.

In April, The Washington Post newspaper said that the CIA was asking for authorisation to carry out more drone strikes in Yemen.