| Importance | High |
 | Means of Death | Explosion |
| Date of Death | Nov. 30, 2005 |
| Location of Death | Mir Ali, North Waziristan, Pakistan |
| Affiliation | Al-Qaeda |
| Role | Terrorist Operations Planner |
 | Supervisor | Abu Faraj al-Libbi |
| Nationality | Egyptian1 |
| Alias(es) | Hamza Rabia |
| Gender | Male |
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| Possible | After his death, he was described as a high-level al-Qaeda operations chief who took over for the captured Abu Faraj al-Libi. He has not been tied overtly to any al-Qaeda operations. |
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 | Questionable | It is unclear how he died; the Pakistanis claimed he died in an explosives accident. Witnesses claimed to have seen a drone aircraft fire a missile at the home in which he was staying.1 |
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| 1 'Al-Qaeda's No. 3 dead, but how?' CNN: Dec. 4, 2005. |
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