Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi

Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi a.k.a. Abu Ali al-Harithi (Arabic: أبو علي الحارثي‎ ) (died November 3, 2002) was an al-Qaeda operative and a citizen of Yemen who is suspected of having been involved in the October 2000 USS Cole bombing,[1] and the October Limburg attack.[2]

Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi
DiedNovember 3, 2002
Sana'a, Yemen
NationalityYemeni
OccupationTerrorist
Military career
Allegiance Al-Qaeda
Service/branchIslamic Jihad in Yemen
(?-2002)
Years of service?-2002
RankLeader and planner in Yemen

He was killed by the CIA during a covert targeted killing mission in Yemen on November 3, 2002. The CIA used a Predator drone to shoot the Hellfire missile that killed al-Harithi and five other al-Qaeda operatives as they rode in a vehicle 100 miles (160 km) east of the Yemeni capital, Sanaa.[3] It was the first known drone strike outside of Afghanistan.[4]

Al-Harithi was traveling with Kamal Derwish (Ahmed Hijazi), a US citizen, and Derwish's killing was the first known case of the U.S. government killing a U.S. citizen during the "War on Terror".[5] It was also the first Predator attack outside Afghanistan.[1]

The George W. Bush administration, citing the authority of a presidential finding that permitted worldwide covert actions against Osama bin Laden's network, considered al-Harethi and his traveling party a justifiable military target.[1][5] Nonetheless, the targeted killing of al-Harethi was the subject of debate on its legality.[6]

See also
  • CIA activities in Yemen

References
  1. Pincus, Walter (November 6, 2002). "US missiles kill al Qaeda suspects". Washington Post. The Age. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
  2. (editor) Herbert-Burns, Rupert; (editor) Bateman, Sam; (editor) Lehr, Peter (September 2008). Lloyd's MIU handbook of maritime security. Boca Raton: CRC Press. p. 60. ISBN 9781420054804. Retrieved 27 September 2016.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  3. "U.S. kills al-Qaeda suspects in Yemen". USA TODAY. Associated Press. November 5, 2002. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
  4. Naylor, Sean. (September 2015). Relentless strike : the secret history of Joint Special Operations Command (First ed.). New York. ISBN 978-1-250-01454-2. OCLC 908554550.
  5. Priest, Dana (November 8, 2002). "U.S. Citizen Among Those Killed In Yemen Predator Missile Strike". Washington Post. The Tech. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
  6. Whitaker, Brian; Burkeman, Oliver (November 5, 2002). "Killing probes the frontiers of robotics and legality". The Guardian. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
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