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Al Qaeda bomb maker killed in drone strike, US officials believe

By Diana Stancy Correll
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Al Qaeda bomb maker killed in drone strike, US officials believe

Al Qaeda bomb maker Ibrahim al-Asiri was killed in a 2017 U.S. drone strike in Yemen, U.S. officials believe.

A senior U.S. official confirmed to Fox News after CBS reported the news Monday that al-Asiri was killed in a drone strike in Yemen last year. The report comes after the United Nations released a report last week claiming al-Asiri might have been killed in the latter portion of 2017.

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