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Top Al-Qaida Bombmaker Killed In Drone Strike, U.S. Officials Say

U.S. officials say they’re confident that al-Qaida’s chief bombmaker, Ibrahim al-Asiri, is dead. His group, Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, has not released a statement acknowledging his death.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with Seth Jones (@SethGJones), director of the Transnational Threats Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

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