Abdullah Mehdar

Abdullah al-Mehdar
Abdullah al-Mehdar
Nationality	Yemeni
Military career
Allegiance	Al-Qaeda
Service/branch	AQAP
Years of service	?-2010
Rank	commander in the Shabwah and Saada Governorate Yemen Insurgency Operation Blow to the Head †; ;

Abdullah al-Mehdar^[2] (?-2010) was an Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) member who was the leader of a cell in Yemen. On 13 January 2010 it was reported that he had been killed by Yemeni security forces.^[3] He had been fighting alongside Shia rebels in Saada before he was killed in a gunfight in the town of Sa'dah.^[4] The fighting was so intense that it partially destroyed his home. A few days after his death, two Yemeni soldiers were killed in what was believed to have been a reprisal for Mehdar's death.

References[]

^ "Reports: Al Qaeda leader killed in Yemen - CNN.com".
^ https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100113/ts_nm/us_yemen_qaeda^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Yemen forces 'kill al-Qaeda chief'". BBC News Online. 13 January 2010.
^ "Al-Qaida leader killed in Yemen as security operations intensify". 13 January 2010.

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[1] "Reports: Al Qaeda leader killed in Yemen - CNN.com".

[2] ttps://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100113/ts_nm/us_yemen_qaeda^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] "Yemen forces 'kill al-Qaeda chief'". BBC News Online. 13 January 2010.

[4] "Al-Qaida leader killed in Yemen as security operations intensify". 13 January 2010.

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