Said al shihri denies death rumors

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Yemen: Al Qaeda leader denies reports of his death

Said al-Shihri, Al Qaeda's second-in-command in Yemen, denied reports that he was killed last month.

A screen shot of a video posted on the Internet on October 6, 2010 shows al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's branch assistant commander Said al-Shihri. An audio recording of a man claiming to be al-Shihri said he was not killed last month, as Yemen officials had reported.

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