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Who are al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula?

A US drone strike in Yemen has killed the highest ranking al-Qaida leader since Osama bin Laden.

Nasser al-Wuhayshi was a close confidant of Bin Laden and fought alongside him in Afghanistan.

Middle East Analyst Alan Johnston takes a look back at the life of a man who lived and died at the very centre of al-Qaeda.

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