US Military Retracts Claim That Drone Strike Killed Senior Al Qaeda Leader

The victim of a May 3 US drone strike in Syria was a father of 10 tending to his sheep, not an influential al Qaeda figure as initially claimed.
The man killed was Lotfi Hassan Misto, a bricklayer with no known terrorist ties according to his family and neighbors.
US Central Command is investigating whether the attack unintentionally harmed civilians.
The Pentagon has not released details about the intended target or how the error occurred.
The incident raises questions about the accuracy of intelligence used to justify lethal strikes and the risk of civilian casualties.