American killed in Yemen was terrorist leader, says paper

A US citizen killed in a missile strike in Yemen this week was the ringleader of an alleged terror cell in Lackawanna, New York, linked to al Qaeda, the Washington Post has reported.

The man, identified as Kamal Derwish but also known by the alias Ahmed Hijazi, was killed last week along with five others when the car they were travelling in was destroyed by a missile fired by an unmanned CIA drone. nte