The US has killed Ilyas Kashmiri, one of al Qaeda most dangerous military commanders and strategists, in yesterday's Predator airstrike in South Waziristan. Kashmiri is said to be one of nine member of the al Qaeda-linked Harkat-ul Jihad Islami, or HUJI, who was killed in yesterday's Predator airstrike that leveled a compound in the Wana area of South Waziristan.