Saudi Bombmaker Key Suspect in Yemen Plot
He is suspected of packing explosives into the underwear of a Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner last Christmas and sent his own brother on a suicide mission against a top Saudi official. Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri, considered a key figure in al Qaeda’s most active franchise, is now the chief suspect behind the mail bombs sent from Yemen and bound for the United States, according to U.S. intelligence officials. Together with a U.S.-born preacher, Yemeni militants, and former Saudi inmates of Guantanamo, al-Asiri makes up the leadership of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Forensic analysis indicates that al-Asiri, who is living in Yemen, built all three devices and…
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