World | Abu Yahya al-Libi US Confirms: We Killed al-Qaeda's No. 2 Al-Libi was in home hit by missiles yesterday By Mark Russell Posted Jun 5, 2012 7:39 AM CDT Updated Jun 5, 2012 12:42 PM CDT Copied This file image from video released on jihadist forums on Saturday, March 12, 2011 and provided by the SITE Intelligence Group, shows Abu Yahia al-Libi addressing Libyans in a video speech. (AP Photo/SITE Intelligence Group) Three US drone attacks in Pakistan over the past three days probably did little to mend US-Pakistan relations, but one of those attacks might do plenty to weaken al-Qaeda. A US official confirms that al-Qaeda's No. 2, Abu Yahya al-Libi, was killed in a strike yesterday, reports CNN. "This would be a major blow to 'core' al-Qaeda, removing the No. 2 leader twice in less than a year," a senior US official had earlier told the Washington Post, before the death was confirmed. Intelligence experts last year said that al-Qaeda was down to just two senior officials, Ayman al-Zawahiri and al-Libi, who was considered "general manager" of the terrorist group's main branch. While Zawahiri has been criticized for his aloof, intellectual style, al-Libi was more popular and charismatic, in part because of his famed 2005 escape from a US prison in Afghanistan. Read These Next New Fox star, 23, misses first day after car troubles. Man accused of killing his daughters might be dead. Her blood isn't compatible with anyone else's. White House rolls with Trump's 'daddy' nickname. Report an error