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| A fugitive British militant seen as a key link between al-Qaeda and a UK plot to blow up transatlantic airliners has been killed in Pakistan, reports say. | |
| Pakistani media said Rashid Rauf, born in Birmingham, was killed in the strike in North-West Frontier Province. | Pakistani media said Rashid Rauf, born in Birmingham, was killed in the strike in North-West Frontier Province. |
| Mr Rauf, on the run after escaping from a Pakistani jail, was considered a key planner in the 2006 liquid bomb plot. | |
| Three men were convicted in the UK in September 2008 of conspiracy to murder, although several others were acquitted. | Three men were convicted in the UK in September 2008 of conspiracy to murder, although several others were acquitted. |
| Several Pakistani TV channels reported that Mr Rauf was among five people killed by a suspected US missile strike in the country's remote north-western region. | |
| Taleban fighters and al-Qaeda militants use the mountainous tribal areas along the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan as a safe haven for training and resupply. | |
| The US regularly uses pilotless drones to attack militant targets in the region, a tactic that has caused growing resentment among Pakistan's leaders. |