Yemen Al Qaeda’s Spiritual Leader Killed

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Updated Apr. 14, 2017 11:22AM ET / Published Apr. 14, 2015 11:23AM ET

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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula said Tuesday that its spiritual leader, Ibrahim Ar-Rubaish, was killed by a drone strike in Yemen yesterday. Rubaish was a former detainee at Guantanamo Bay.

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