Senior al Qaeda man killed by Pakistani military

Three images of Adnan el-Shukrijumah, 39, who was killed in Pakistan on Saturday

Adnan el-Shukrijumah, the senior al Qaeda operative who had Guyanese citizenship, was yesterday killed after more than a decade of slipping under the FBI’s radar.

El-Shukrijumah, 39, was killed by Pakistani soldiers early on Saturday morning in Pakistan’s South Waziristan tribal area, a mountainous territory bordering Afghanistan.

According to Reuters, he was the most senior al Qaeda member ever killed by the Pakistani military, and was