An air strike Friday on an Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) position in north Yemen killed six suspected leaders of the group including its military boss, a senior Yemeni official said. The military chief, Qassem al-Rimi, was among 23 people who made a daring escape from a state security prison in Sanaa in February 2006 that left the government red-faced. "Six Al-Qaeda leaders, including the network's military chief, Qassem al-Rimi, were killed on Friday," the official said on condition of anonymity. "Ammar al-Waili, Ayedh al-Shabwani and Saleh al-Tais were also killed in the raid" at Al-Ajashir, a desert region in the eastern part of Saada province, he said. The two other leaders were not named, while two other men fled the scene. The Friday morning raid targeted two vehicles carrying eight members of Al-Qaeda, "six of whom were killed and two managed to escape," another official said earlier.
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