Potential feel good story of the day.

(LWJ) — A Yemeni jihadist claimed that an al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operative linked to the suicide attack against the USS Cole in Aden in late 2000 was killed by a US drone strike three days ago in southern Yemen.

Abdul Mun’im Salim al-Fatahani (or Abdel-Monem al-Fathani), was killed in the Jan. 31 Predator airstrike near the city of Lawder in Abyan province, according to a statement posted yesterday on two prominent jihadist Internet forums. He was reportedly killed the same day the strike took place, but his death was not confirmed by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

Nasir al Wuhayshi, the emir or leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, “broke down in tears before noon today on the road between ‘Azzan in Shabwa and Mudiyah in Abyan province, upon seeing the body of the leader Abdul Mun’im Salim Amqidah al Fatahani,” according to the statement, which was translated by the SITE Intelligence Group.

“Fatahani had died in [an] Azzan hospital after getting hit in the neck with shrapnel, which resulted from an American airstrike against two cars belonging to Ansar al Shariah last night in the area of al Khadirah,” the statement continued. Ansar al Shariah is al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s political front.

According the statement, Fatahani was buried in the “Tha’obah cemetery, in northern Mudiyah,” a town in Abyan province, where he was born. Mudiyah is known to host a large training camp for the terror group.