Hamza Rabia, believed to have become al Qaeda's operational commander after the arrest of Abu Farraj al-Libbi in northwestern Pakistan in May, is outside the air locker. His rank is somewhere between third and fifth in the terror network's hierarchy, officials said. President Gen. Pervez Musharraf , Pakistan, confirmed that Rabia was killed. “Yes, indeed, 200 percent confirmed,” Musharraf said at the start of a three-nation visit in the Middle East.
He was among five people who died in an explosion Thursday in the North Waziristan tribal area. Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said Rabia's remains were identified via a DNA test.
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