http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/22/world/meast/yemen-terror-operation-dna/index.html?hpt=wo_c2
(CNN) -- DNA tests are being conducted on those
killed in a massive anti-terror operation in Yemen to determine if a
high-profile al Qaeda bomb maker,
Ibrahim al-Asiri, is among the dead, Yemeni officials said Tuesday.
At least 65 militants
from al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula were killed in a combination of
recent drone strikes and firefights, some from neighboring Saudi Arabia,
Yemeni officials said.
A high-level Yemeni
government official told CNN that al-Asiri is among those suspected to
have been killed in a firefight Sunday between militants and Yemeni
forces.
The official's comments are the first public acknowledgment that al-Asiri could be among the dead.
The DNA tests are not due back for several days, the official said.
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