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drone strike near the Afghan border, two days after American officials said canada goose clearance sale his death was a major victory in the war against the group.

Al Qaeda Atiyah abd al canada goose factory sale Rahman, in an undated photo. raid in Pakistan. officials said he was killed on August 22 in North Waziristan, uk canada goose a global hub for some of the world most dangerous militants, from al Qaeda figures to the canada goose clearance Pakistani Taliban to canada goose veteran foreign fighters from the Arab world.

Eliminating al Qaeda leaders operating along Pakistan unruly frontier with Afghanistan is a security priority for the United States, which has stepped up its drone attacks there under the Obama administration to achieve its goal.

Pakistani officials said they had no https://www.canadagoose-online-shop.co.uk/ information that canada goose store indicated cheap Canada Goose that Rahman was killed in a drone strike three weeks before the tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.

made checks but we have no confirmation from any source as yet about this death, a senior military official buy canada goose jacket said.

His canada goose uk outlet comments highlighted the deep intelligence deficit Pakistani officials often face in North Waziristan and other parts of the northwest, where rugged mountain terrain Canada Goose Outlet and ties between a murky militant uk canada goose outlet network and powerful tribal hosts make the area difficult Canada Goose Parka to penetrate.

Militants often bury their dead leaders quickly, making it hard to come up with evidence of Canada Goose Online their fate.

Pakistani officials don always agree with Washington assessment of the al Qaeda leadership Canada Goose Jackets structure. canadian goose jacket official described Rahman as the al Qaeda second in command, the Canada Goose Coats On Sale Pakistani military official said Islamabad was not so sure.

don know even buy canada goose jacket cheap whether he was number two or not. drone struck a car near the North Waziristan town of Mir Ali on August 22, killing four militant followers of Hafiz Gul Bahadur.

He is the main Pakistani Taliban commander in the region, with close ties to the Afghan Taliban. Navy SEALs in a secret raid in the Pakistani garrison town of canada goose uk shop Abbottabad on May 2. officials said Zawahri was heavily on Rahman cheap canada goose uk to help guide and run Canada Goose sale al Qaeda after bin Laden death.

Locating Rahman canada goose coats on sale may have raised hopes that the United States will now find it easier to locate Zawahri, canada goose uk black friday a former Egyptian doctor who was Canada Goose online often described as the brains behind al Qaeda, while bin Laden was seen as an inspirational figure.

bin Laden has been found here. Several senior al Qaeda leaders have been captured from here and if Atiyah abd canada goose coats al Rahman presence and death are also confirmed, then it will prove that they all canada goose outlet shop are here, said Rahimullah Yusufzai, an expert tribal and militant affairs.

Pakistani officials don expect Rahman death to scare al Qaeda away from Pakistan, where it has spent years forging alliances with local canada goose black friday sale militant groups.

death of bin Laden has done considerable damage to them (al Qaeda). The drone strikes have also hugely weakened them as they have lost many people, said a senior security official in Peshawar, capital of the northwest.

Additional reporting by Zeeshan Haider, Qasim Nauman and Haji Mujtaba; Writing by Zeeshan Haider; Editing by Michael Georgy.