article_snippet: In a letter to Osama bin Laden, an al Qaeda's official provided a vivid description of the death by drone of Mustafa Yazid, then the No. 3 leader of the group, on the night of May 22, 2010.
article_snippet: The al Qaeda's official wrote that Yazid was staying at the house of a "well-known" supporter of al Qaeda's when a drone started making "distinctive loops that we all know and all the brothers have experienced.
article_snippet: Yazid and Yazid wife and three daughters and granddaughter were all killed in the drone strike, according to The al Qaeda official.
article_snippet: The al Qaeda official lamented that drones are "still circling our skies every day" and the only relief from Yazid and his wife and three daughters and granddaughter came when weather conditions worsened and there was cloud cover.
article_snippet: The al Qaeda official wrote but "then Yazid and his wife and three daughters and granddaughter come back when the sky is clear.