Drone Strike Kills al-Qaeda Leader in Yemen

A top al-Qaeda leader wanted by the FBI died in a drone airstrike today, Yemeni officials say. Fahd al-Quso was stepping out of his car in a remote mountain valley of Yemen when the missile attack struck him and an aide, reports the AP. No comment so far from Washington, but the FBI was offering $5 million for information leading to al-Quso's arrest. He had been indicted for allegedly helping to plan the 2000 USS Cole bombing that killed 17 US sailors and injured 39 more. (More drone strike stories.)