Abu Obeida Tawari al-Obeidi (died , Mir Ali

Mir Ali

Mir Ali is a town of North Waziristan in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. It is located at 32°59'4N 70°15'24E with an altitude of 655 metres and lies close to the border with Afghanistan. In October 2007, a battle killed 175 near the town.The residents of Mir Ali are Dawar and...

) has been described as a Kuwait

Kuwait

The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab state situated in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south at Khafji, and Iraq to the north at Basra. It lies on the north-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the...

i member of al Qaeda's senior leadership.
Abu Obeida Tawari al-Obeidi was reported to have been killed in the airstrike that killed
Abu Layth al-Libi, said to be al Qaeda's number three.
Two other members of leadership,
Abu Adel al-Kuwaiti and Abdel Ghaffar al-Darnawi, were also reported to have died in that airstrike.