(Reuters) Zeeshan Haider - An al-Qaeda commander ranked as its third most senior leader was killed in a tribal region of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, President Musharraf said Saturday. Abu Hamza Rabia, an Egyptian credited with heading al-Qaeda's international operations, was among five people killed in an explosion in North Waziristan on Thursday. Rabia was involved in two attempts on Musharraf's life in December 2003. Intelligence sources said the house in which Rabia was staying was hit by missiles in an aerial attack.
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