In late January 2008 the CIA launched missiles from unmanned aerial vehicles at a house in North Waziristan where they believed a militant summit was taking place.
[4] The Daily Times reported that the dead included five men who spoke the language of Mohammed" (i.e. Arabic).
The Washington Post reported that the guesthouse that was targeted belonged to Abdul Sattar, a taxi driver.
Other sources described Sattar as an elder, who was also a member of a gang that engaged in kidnappings for ransom and car thefts.
The World Almanac of Islamism: 2014 cited al-Obeidi as an example of a Kuwaiti who had assumed a significant role in al Qaeda's leadership.