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Al Qaeda Leader Dies from Drone Wounds from November

Had spent six years in Guantanamo Bay

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Al Qaida's number two in Yemen has died of wounds he suffered in a drone attack in southern Yemen last year, the country's official news agency said.

Saeed al-Shihri, a Saudi national who fought in Afghanistan and spent six years in the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, was injured in a missile attack in the southern city of Saada on November 28, according to the Saba news agency.