Al-Qaeda confirmed the death of its chemical and biological weapons specialist Abu Khabab al-Masri, about a week after he was reportedly killed in a missile strike in Pakistan, according to a U.S.-based intelligence group.
Al-Masri trained ``lots of other experts,'' senior al-Qaeda leader Mustafa Abu al-Yazid said in a written statement, according to IntelCenter, based in Alexandria, Virginia. ``He may rest in peace as the succession is guaranteed.''
Also known by the name of Midhat Mursi al-Sayid Umar, the Egyptian had a $5 million bounty on his head and ran terrorist training camps, Agence France-Presse reported.
He was killed by a missile strike July 28 in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal area, AFP reported at the time, citing unidentified Pakistani security officials.
The al-Qaeda statement, dated July 30, didn't say how al- Masri died, according to IntelCenter, which provides counterterrorism intelligence support to the U.S., British, Australian and Canadian armed forces
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