Washington, Jan 9: Two top al Qaeda terrorists have been killed in a US missile strike on a building in northern Pakistan on New Year's Day.
The men were high on the FBI's "most wanted" list, identified by agency officials as Usama al-Kini - also known as Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam, al Qaeda's chief of operations in Pakistan - and his lieutenant, Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan.
Senior US officials said that the two men, both Kenyans, were believed to have been responsible for the September suicide bombing at the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan.