Al Qaeda Leader, Sheik Khalid Bin Abdel Rehman Al-Hussainan, has been killed in Pakistan after a U.S. drone strike. The drone strike occurred on Thursday in a Pakistan tribal region near the border of Afghanistan. Al-Hussainan was currently the senior leader of the Pakistan Al Qaeda group and the second in overall command. Al-Hussainan become second in command after a U.S. drone strike back in June took out the top leader. The U.S. is hopeful that the loss of one of the leaders will set Al-Qaeda back. Read more below. Julie A.