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Chief al-Qaeda bomb maker 'killed in Yemen strike' - US reports
US officials are reportedly confident that al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's suspected chief bomb maker, Ibrahim al-Asiri, has been killed.
US media cited sources as saying they believed the Saudi militant died in a US drone strike in Yemen last year.
Asiri is alleged to have been behind the 2009 underwear bomb plot and made devices found on cargo planes in 2010.
Intelligence suggesting he was working on a bomb hidden in a laptop or tablet led the US to ban them on some flights.
A UN report published last week, which also said Asiri might have been killed, said his death would represent "a serious blow" to AQAP's operational capability.
A Yemeni tribal leader told the Associated Press on Friday that Asiri was killed in a missile strike, along with two or four associates, in Marib province.
AQAP has not commented on the reports or published a eulogy for