Underwear-bomb maker believed dead in Yemen strike (AP)

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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111001/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_yemen_al_qaida_bombmaker"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111001/capt.4521d81194fa4e2d9c9004290f331fa1-4521d81194fa4e2d9c9004290f331fa1-0.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=ISLNr6yNsa4lr76nBoB4yg--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="FILE - This undated file photo released by Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Interior on Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010, purports to show Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri. A Saudi militant believed killed in the U.S. drone strike in Yemen constructed the bombs for the al-Qaida branch's most notorious attempted attacks — including the underwear-borne explosives intended to a down a U.S. aircraft, and a bomb carried by his own brother intended to assassinate a Saudi prince. The death of Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri would make the Friday Sept. 30, 2011 drone strikes on a convoy in the central deserts of Yemen one of the most effective single blows in the U.S. campaign to take out al-Qaida's top figures. (AP Photo/Saudi Arabia Ministry of Interior, File) EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO SALES" border="0" /></a>AP - A Saudi militant believed killed in the U.S. drone strike in Yemen constructed the bombs for the al-Qaida branch's most notorious attempted attacks — including the underwear-borne explosives intended to a down a U.S. aircraft, and a bomb carried by his own brother intended to assassinate a Saudi prince.</p><br clear="all"/>

 

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