The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity that Abdul Rahman was killed in the Waziristan region on August 22 / August, without giving details about the circumstances of his death.
However, local officials, tribal region said last week that U.S. drone aircraft carried out a raid in the twenty-second of August / August on a car in North Waziristan, killing at least four gunmen.
Libby and the gift in the mid-thirties and was close to the late al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Official sources said the Pakistani security of the island it does not yet have information on this news.
Big blowThe U.S. official said that the murder of the second man in Al Qaeda, which came shortly after the killing of Osama bin Laden is a big blow for the organization.
And stated that the base will suffer significantly from the killing of Abdul Rahman, Ayman al-Zawahiri as the leader of the new rule was highly reliable in helping to guide and manage the organization, especially since the death of bin Laden.
The official said "a treasure of information that was obtained from a compound bin Laden has clearly demonstrated that Abdul Rahman was heavily involved in directing al Qaeda operations even before the raid."
"It was carried out multiple responsibilities in the organization and it would be difficult to find a replacement."
Solving Zawahiri replace bin Laden in the al-Qaeda leadership after the death of the last U.S. raid on his home near Islamabad in May / May.
The U.S. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said last month during a visit to Afghanistan that he believes that the strategic defeat of al Qaeda in hand if the United States managed to kill or capture up to 20 key leadership group and its affiliated groups.
Said Panetta, who ran the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) until the end of June, "We are close to a strategic defeat of al Qaeda and I hope we can focus on that and, of course with the agency that I lead you in the past."
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