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Full Article Follow Reuters Facebook Twitter RSS YouTube Read Pakistan minister: very likely al Qaeda's Kashmiri is dead | 11:10am EDT China says will not threaten anyone with modern military 11:28am EDT Israeli forces kill six protesters: Syrian TV 9:11am EDT German hospitals swamped with E.coli victims | 10:55am EDT Helicopter crashes in Afghanistan's east, two troops killed 6:04am EDT Discussed 76 150 economists back U.S. Republicans in debt fight 62 Moody’s sounds alarm over U.S. debt limit and deficits 55 ”The world is getting warmer”: Romney Watched Latvian blondes prove they have more fun Thu, Jun 2 2011 Scientists revive ancient spider in stunning 3D detail Tue, May 24 2011 Aftermath of the attack on Saleh Sat, Jun 4 2011 Pakistan minister: very likely al Qaeda's Kashmiri is dead Tweet Share this Email Print Ilyas Kashmiri speaks during a news conference in Islamabad in this July 11, 2001 file photo. Credit: Reuters/Mian Khursheed/Files Factbox Al Qaeda's Kashmiri killed in drone strike in Pakistan Sat, Jun 4 2011 Analysis & Opinion Ilyas Kashmiri reported killed in drone strike in Pakistan A military response to cyberattacks is preposterous Related Topics World » Afghanistan » Related Video Six dead in Peshawar blast 6:12am EDT By Kamran Haider ISLAMABAD | Sun Jun 5, 2011 11:10am EDT ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's interior minister said on Sunday that he was "98 percent sure" senior al Qaeda operative Ilyas Kashmiri was killed in a U.S. drone strike near the Afghan border. U.S. officials in Washington were skeptical over reports that Kashmiri, seen as one of the world's most dangerous militants, was dead. A U.S. National Security official said he could not confirm that he had been killed and another U.S. official said it was doubtful. "All ground intelligence shows that he is dead. What I can say is there is a 98 percent chance he is dead," Interior Minister Rehman Malik told Reuters. "Since we do not have the body. We do not have DNA we need to confirm. This is the substantive evidence we are looking for." That may not be possible since it is very difficult for Pakistani security forces to get to areas like South Waziristan where intelligence officials said Kashmiri was killed in a drone strike on Friday night. After missile strikes by remotely-operated drone aircraft, militants often seal off the area then bury their comrades. The elimination of Kashmiri would be another coup for the United States after American special forces killed Osama bin Laden in a garrison town close to Islamabad on May 2. The killing of bin Laden aroused international suspicions that Pakistani authorities had been complicit in hiding him, and led to domestic criticism of them for failing to detect or stop the U.S. team that killed him. A senior Pakistani security official said: "It's almost confirmed that he is dead. Different sources confirmed it but we can't say it is 100 percent confirmed because we don't have the body." He went on to say that Kashmiri was holding a meeting with other militants when the drone missile struck. U.S. doubts over claims of Kashmiri's demise may be further evidence of deep distrust between Pakistani and U.S. intelligence services public pledges by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other American officials that relations had improved. One intelligence official said that Pakistan had tipped off the Americans about the whereabouts of Kashmiri, whom the U.S. Department of State has labeled a "specially designated global terrorist." Kashmiri, said to be a former Pakistani military officer, has been linked to attacks including the 2008 rampage through the Indian city of Mumbai which killed 166 people. A Pakistani television station quoted the group Kashmiri headed, Harkat-ul Jihad Islami (HUJI) which is allied to al Qaeda, as saying he had been killed and that it will avenge his death. The SITE online monitoring service said the HUJI statement was posted on a jihadist forum it tracks. The U.S. National Security official expressed doubts about the statement. Its authenticity could not be independently verified. Kashmiri was reported to have been killed in a September 2009 strike by a U.S. drone. He resurfaced and gave an interview to Asia Times online correspondent Saleem Shahzad. Shahzad disappeared from Islamabad a week ago. His body was found in a canal two days later with what police said were torture marks. The media and human rights groups have speculated that Pakistan's military intelligence agency may have had hand in the killing, an allegation it strongly denied. Human Rights Watch said Shahzad had voiced concern about his safety after getting threatening telephone calls from Pakistani intelligence agents and was under surveillance since 2010. Before his death, Shahzad wrote an article stating that Kashmiri's followers carried out a militant siege of the PNS Mehran naval base in Karachi last month which drew sharp public criticism of the Pakistani military. (Additional reporting by Myra MacDonald in London; Writing by Michael Georgy, Editing by Jonathan Thatcher) World Afghanistan Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. 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