WASHINGTON (CNN)  -- Abu Laith al-Libi, a wanted al Qaeda terrorist, was killed in Pakistan by a CIA airstrike, three U.S. officials told CNN Thursday. Abu Laith al-Libi in April 2007 during a videotaped interview by al Qaeda's media wing. Al-Libi was described as a senior al Qaeda leader believed to have plotted and executed attacks against U.S. and coalition forces, including a February 2007 bombing at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan during a visit by Vice President Dick Cheney. He was on a "most wanted" list of 12 accused terrorists which was issued in October by the Combined Joint Task Force-82 -- an anti-terror unit in Afghanistan.
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NEW: Abu Laith al-Libi was killed by a missile from an airplane, officials say
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Al-Libi plotted attacks against U.S. and coalition forces, officials say
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Source: Libyan behind 2007 February bombing of Bagram Air Base
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Official: Al-Libi "not far below the importance" of Osama bin Laden, his top aide
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