Abdullah Mehdar
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Abdullah Mehdar also known as Abdullah al-Mehdar and Abdullah al-Mehdarhad (?-2010) was an al-Qaeda terrorist who was the leader of an al-Qaeda
cell in Yemen. On 13 January 2010 it was reported that he had been killed by Yemeni security forces. He had been fighting alongside Shi'ite rebels in Saada
before he was killed in a gunfight in the town of Sa'dah
.
Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda is a global broad-based militant Islamist terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden sometime between August 1988 and late 1989. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless army and a radical Sunni Muslim movement calling for global Jihad...
cell in Yemen. On 13 January 2010 it was reported that he had been killed by Yemeni security forces. He had been fighting alongside Shi'ite rebels in Saada
Operation Blow to the Head
Operation Blow to the Head was a Yemeni military operation against the militants in the insurgent Yemeni town of Sa'dah in Sa'dah Province. The Yemeni government troops began trying to capture the town on January 13, 2010. On that day the Islamic militant Abdullah al-Mehdar was killed by Yemeni...
before he was killed in a gunfight in the town of Sa'dah
Sa'dah
Sa`dah is the capital city of Saada Governorate in north-western Yemen. It is located at , at an elevation of about 1,800 meters. Known in antiquity as Karna, its population in 2004 was estimated at 51,870.- External links :*...
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