Ibrahim al-Asiri was one of the most wanted Al Qaeda suspects by the US (Yemeni Police via REUTERS/FBI)
FOX News: Al Qaeda bomb maker killed in Yemen drone strike last year, US official confirms
A top Al Qaeda bomb maker who masterminded a plot to bring down an airliner over Detroit on Christmas Day 2009 was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Yemen last year, a senior U.S. official told Fox News Monday.
The Associated Press previously reported that Ibrahim al-Asiri was dead, citing a tribal leader and an Al Qaeda-linked source who said that he was killed in the governate of Marib in eastern Yemen.
The tribal leader said that al-Asiri was struck by the drone, along with two or four of his associates, as he stood beside his car.
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WNU Editor: Good riddance I say.
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