No more jihad for him.
Via LWJ:
The US killed a local commander for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and two other fighters in the first reported drone strike in Yemen in 20 days. Kaid al Dhahab, the AQAP commander, served as the group’s emir in the central province of Baydah.
The CIA-operated, remotely piloted Predators or the more deadly Reapers killed Kaid and the two other fighters as they were traveling in a vehicle in the village of Manasseh in Baydah, tribal sources and officials told AFP. Mohammed Albasha, Yemen’s official spokesan in Washington, confirmed Kaid’s death in statement on Twitter.
“AQAP’s commander in Baydah, kaid al Dhahab, the Emir of AAS [Ansar al Sharia, AQAP’s political front in Yemen] in Rada’a was killed in an airstrike. He evaded capturedeath before,” Albasha said.
AQAP has not released an official statement confirming Kaid’s death. The identity of the other two fighters killed in the strike have not been disclosed.