DNA Test with No Body? Key al-Qaida Leader Killed in Pakistan -

[stop the bleeding]

I know there were similar threads to this already posted but I think there is an interesting point brought up by IndianaGreen.

Key al-Qaida Leader Killed in Pakistan-Associated Press - Yahoo.com

Hamza Rabia, a key associate of al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri, died Thursday in an explosion in the North Waziristan tribal area, and his remains were identified in DNA tests, Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said.

Two U.S. counterterrorism officials, who spoke only on condition of anonymity because of the information's sensitivity, confirmed Rabia's death but would not elaborate on the circumstances.

The Dawn newspaper, citing sources it did not identify, reported that the attack on a mud-walled home near Miran Shah may have been launched from two pilotless planes. Miran Shah is a strategic tribal region where remnants of al-Qaida are believed to have been hiding and where Pakistani forces have launched several operations against them.

The newspaper reported that associates from outside Pakistan retrieved the bodies of Rabia and two other foreigners and buried them in an unknown location.