Al Qaeda's Chief Bomb Maker Ibrahim al-Asiri Believed Killed By U.S. Special Forces In Yemen

People inspect the wreckage of a car hit by an air strike in the central Yemeni province of al-Bayda. Reuters

Al Qaeda's Underwear Bomb Plot Mastermind Killed By Special Forces In 'Biggest Hit Since Bin Laden' -- Daily Mail

* Ibrahim al-Asiri thought to be dead - most senior member since Bin Laden
* Al-Asiri believed to be behind explosive devices including pant bombs
* Comes after 'U.S.' backed forces engaged vehicle in gun battle
* Those inside managed to shoot back, but all inside were reportedly killed

Al Qaeda's chief bombmaker is believed to have been killed in an ambush by U.S- backed special forces in Yemen.

A 4x4 vehicle, believed to be carrying Ibrahim al-Asiri, 32, mastermind of the 'underwear bomb plot', was engaged in a gun battle with special forces, dropped in by helicopter.

Witnesses have described seeing soldiers take up position in the road, waiting for the vehicle to pass before opening fire.

Those inside managed to shoot back, but all inside were reportedly killed as their car was pelted with bullets, The Times reports.

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Al-Qaida Chief Bombmaker Ibrahim al-Asiri Killed in US Special Force Ambush -- IBTimes
Al-Qaeda's chief bombmaker believed dead -- Al Arabiya
US targets AQAP master bomb maker in 2 strikes in Yemen -- Long War Journal
A Big Drone Attack In Yemen -- Foreign Policy

Al Qaeda's Top Bomb Maker Injured In A Drone Strike?

Asiri has achieved a terrorist breakthrough designing bombs that can pass undetected through airport security Photo: Reuters

Drone Strike Reportedly Wounds Al Qaeda Master Bomb Maker -- Washington Free Beacon

Bomb maker reportedly behind ‘Underwear Bombing’ plot in 2010

A Saudi national known to be a key al Qaeda bomb maker was wounded during a U.S.-led drone strike in Yemen, according to a Yemeni news report.

Ibrahim al Asiri, the bomb maker, was targeted during a missile strike launched from a U.S.-operated armed drone in southern Yemen that killed two other al Qaeda terrorists, the online Yemeni news outlet Al Watan reported Sunday.

A U.S. official had no public comment but urged caution regarding claims that al Asiri was dead.

The drone attack took place in Yemen’s southernmost Lahij Governorate that borders the Gulf of Aden. Covert, U.S. military-operated drones carried out the strike. The United States operates a drone base located in southern Saudi Arabia.

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Update: Yemen's hunt for master bomber Ibrahim al-Asiri -- The Telegraph

My Comment: Time calls him The World's Most Dangerous Terrorist .... and for good reason. Al Qaeda is saying nothing about his injuries .... but his demise would be a good thing.

Is This The Most Dangerous Terrorist In The World?

Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri (Reuters)

This Man Would Like To Turn Anyone's Clothes Into A Bomb -- The Atlantic

The trained Saudi chemist behind the shoe and underwear bombs is working on an undetectable liquid explosive.

By devising an ingenious series of possibly undetectable airline bombs, a wiry Saudi named Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri has become the latest personification of the ever-changing al Qaeda threat. You can thank him and his tradecraft for much of the frenzy of counterterrorism activity in recent days. That includes pretty much every country shutting down its embassy in Sana'a, Yemen and evacuating government personnel, and dire warnings of a possibly large-scale imminent attack in North Africa or the Middle East--or possibly somewhere else.

The global war on terrorism has never lacked a face of evil to embody the threat; Osama bin Laden, of course, as well as Ayman Zawahiri, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and others. But authorities are now pursuing Asiri with an especially high level of urgency and concern. The reason: not only is he a bomb-maker for the terror network's most dangerous affiliate, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), he's apparently a very capable and creative one who has trained other al Qaeda operatives.

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My Comment:  He is someone who is dedicated to committing murder and mayhem on a massive scale .... I am surprise that he has survived this long.