A senior al-Qaeda leader has been killed in a suspected US drone missile strike in Pakistan, officials say. Pakistani security officials said Egyptian national Sheikh Fateh was killed on Saturday in North Waziristan.Accordian lady warming up the crowd, Fat Lady is waiting in her dressing room
The officials said Sheikh Fateh took over as al-Qaeda's chief of operations for Afghanistan and Pakistan in May after al-Qaeda's number three leader Mustafa Abu al-Yazid was killed.
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The US has frequently targeted al-Qaeda and the Taliban in North Waziristan.
US officials have said they cannot confirm the death of Sheikh Fateh. He was travelling with three others when their vehicle was hit by a missile, said the Pakistani officials.
Another suspected US missile attack, on Tuesday, struck a compound in South Waziristan near the Afghan border, killing four other militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said. News agencies say there have been at least 20 suspected US drone missile attacks in September targeting militants in Pakistan's tribal areas bordering Afghanistan.