Sheikh Fateh

{{Short description|Pakistani leader of al-Qaeda (died 2010)}}

Sheikh Mohammad Fateh al Masri was a leader of al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan, referred to by the group as Khorasan, who replaced Mustafa Abu al-Yazid after the latter was killed in May 2010. On September 28 of the same year, it was reported that Sheikh Fateh al Masri was killed by a US drone attack in North Waziristan, Pakistan.{{cite news|url= http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/09/28/pakistan.militant.killed/|author=Tim Lister|title=Top al Qaeda commander killed in drone strike|agency=CNN|date=September 28, 2010|accessdate=February 5, 2014|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20121105015114/http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/09/28/pakistan.militant.killed/|archivedate=November 5, 2012 }}{{cite news|url= http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/09/us_kills_al_qaedas_l.php|author=Bill Roggio|author-link=Bill Roggio|title=US kills al Qaeda's leader for Afghanistan and Pakistan in Predator strike: Report|date=September 28, 2010|accessdate=February 5, 2014}}

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