Al-Qaeda figure believed killed in US drone strike

An Iraqi Al-Qaeda operative was believed to be one of seven militants killed by a US missile strike in a Pakistani tribal region along the Afghan border overnight Monday, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

The officials said the man, identified as Abu Zaid Al-Iraqi, handled the terrorist group's finances in Pakistan. He was not known to be on any published US lists of wanted Al-Qaeda leaders, and US officials do not normally acknowledge the existence of the CIA-led missile program or talk about who is being killed. (AP)