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- President Donald Trump said the US conducted a counter-terrorism operation in Yemen that killed Qassim al-Rimi, an al-Qaida leader who claimed responsibility for last year's deadly shooting at the Naval Air Station Pensacola.
- "We will continue to protect the American people by tracking down and eliminating terrorists who seek to do us harm," Trump said.
- Trump did not say when the US operation was conducted or offer any details about how it was carried out.
- Al-Rimi had said in an 18-minute video that his group was responsible for the Dec. 6 shooting at the Navy base. He called the shooter, Saudi Air Force officer Mohammed Alshamrani, a "courageous knight" and a "hero."
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that the US at his direction has conducted a counter-terrorism operation in Yemen that killed Qassim al-Rimi, an al-Qaida leader who claimed responsibility for last year's deadly shooting at the Naval Air Station Pensacola where a Saudi aviation trainee killed three American sailors.
Al-Rimi is a founder of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. The affiliate has long been considered the global network's most dangerous branch for its attempts to carry out attacks on the US mainland. Trump said the US and its allies are safer as a result of his death.
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