Another one bites the dust.
Via Daily Caller:
The White House confirmed on Thursday that US forces took out one of the founders and leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Qasim al-Rimi.
Statement on killing of Al-Qaida leader in Arabian Peninsula
In a statement released late Thursday afternoon, the White House announced, “At the direction of President Donald J. Trump, the United States conducted a counterterrorism operation in Yemen that successfully eliminated Qasim al-Rimi, a founder and the leader of al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and a deputy to Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.”