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Full Article Follow Reuters Facebook Twitter RSS YouTube Read UPDATE 1-Eastern Arizona fire claims nearly 350 square miles 06 Jun 2011 U.S., Pakistan authorities dispute militant's death 06 Jun 2011 Analysis: E.coli outbreak poses questions for organic farming 06 Jun 2011 Congressman Weiner admits online affairs | 06 Jun 2011 China paper warns Google may pay price for hacking claims 06 Jun 2011 Discussed 82 150 economists back U.S. Republicans in debt fight 67 ”The world is getting warmer”: Romney 65 Moody’s sounds alarm over U.S. debt limit and deficits Watched Apple's Jobs unveils iCloud Mon, Jun 6 2011 Congressman Weiner admits to online affairs Mon, Jun 6 2011 The day ahead: June 7, 2011 Mon, Jun 6 2011 U.S., Pakistan authorities dispute militant's death Tweet Share this Email Print Related News U.S. missile strikes kill 17 militants in Pakistan: sources Mon, Jun 6 2011 Missile strike kills 6 militants in Pakistan Sun, Jun 5 2011 Pakistan minister says Kashmiri is very likely dead Sun, Jun 5 2011 Key al Qaeda man said killed in Pakistan drone strike Sat, Jun 4 2011 Clinton calls on Pakistan to do more against militants Fri, May 27 2011 Analysis & Opinion Ilyas Kashmiri reported killed in drone strike in Pakistan Pakistan’s journalists won’t be silenced Related Topics World » By Mark Hosenball LONDON | Mon Jun 6, 2011 8:17pm EDT LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. and Pakistani authorities disagree sharply over claims that senior al Qaeda leader Ilyas Kashmiri was killed in a recent missile strike, officials from both countries said on Monday, suggesting sharp strains persist between authorities in Washington and Islamabad. Two days ago, intelligence officials in Pakistan claimed that Kashmiri, a figure in both al Qaeda and a Pakistan-based affiliate, was killed by a U.S. drone-borne missile in northwestern Pakistan. Pakistani officials subsequently issued a series of statements about Kashmiri's death. The nation's interior minister told reporters on Monday: "I can confirm 100 percent that he is dead. I got this information this morning." But U.S. officials familiar with counterterrorism activities in the region said they still were unable to confirm Kashmiri's death. It was more likely than not, they said Monday evening, that the militant leader was still alive. "It wouldn't be the first time that reports of his death have been wrong," one U.S. official told Reuters. "We're simply unable at this time to confirm reports of Kashmiri's demise. Our working assumption is that he's still walking around." A second U.S. official said government experts believed it was more likely that Kashmiri was alive, though they are not ruling out the possibility he was killed in a drone strike. The U.S. officials spoke on condition of anonymity. The conflicting assessments from Washington and Islamabad indicate relations between the United States and Pakistan, which hit a low point after the U.S. killing of Osama bin Laden last month in Pakistan, remain deeply troubled despite claims by both countries that they were improving. US DOUBTS Kashmiri was wrongly reported to have been killed in a September 2009 drone strike. It is difficult to confirm the identities of people killed in drone strikes because they occur in remote areas not accessible to foreign journalists. A Pakistani television station quoted the group that Kashmiri headed, an al Qaeda affiliate called Harkat-ul Jihad Islami, confirming his death. Britain's Channel 4 News said the death had been confirmed by a senior HUJI commander and close aide of Kashmiri. However, the SITE Institute, a U.S.-based private group that monitors and translates messages posted on militant websites, on Monday cast doubt on an Internet photo said to be of Kashmiri's dead body and an accompanying fax from HUJI confirming his death. The U.S. group said it actually appeared to be the body of another militant, Abu Dera Ismail Khan, who was killed in the militant attacks on Mumbai, India, in November 2008. Diplomatic relations between the United States and Pakistan have suffered since last year, when the name of the CIA station chief in Pakistan was leaked to local media and the American official, who was supposed to be operating undercover, had to leave the country. Relations worsened considerably after the arrest, and later release, of a CIA security contractor who had killed two Pakistani nationals in what the United States said was an armed robbery attempt. Then, U.S. Navy SEALS killed bin Laden without giving advance notice to Pakistani authorities. Ilyas Kashmiri, said to be a former Pakistani military officer, was high on a list Washington gave Pakistan of militants it wanted captured or killed, a Pakistani official said on condition of anonymity. The State Department has labeled Kashmiri a "specially designated global terrorist." (Additional reporting by Michael Georgy in Pakistan; Editing by Doina Chiacu) World 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. 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