Abdullah Said al-Libi (died 17 December 2009) was described as being an

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operational leader in

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. He is reported to have previously served in the Libyan military. He led an al-Qaeda paramilitary force. Said al-Libi was killed in a

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on 17 December 2009 in North Waziristan. In April 2009 he had released a statement where he identified himself as the leader of al Qaeda's efforts to take control of Khorasan - an ancient Islamic province that included Afghanistan, Pakistan, and some neighboring areas. According to Joby Warrick, the author of ''The Triple Agent'', al Libi had lived with Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, who would later convince

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officers that he was their double agent within al Qaeda, only to detonate a suicide bomb, killing several of them. His suicide bombing is said to have been in retaliation for the killing of al Libi, Abu Saleh al Somali and Baitullah Mehsud.

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