"Also, Yemen officials have ""confirmed"" his death and capture multiple times before only to be proven wrong. Only two anonymous U.S. officials have claimed that al-Shihri is alive. The White House has not confirmed al-Shihri's death. If you bothered to read the article, you would realize that there's a big difference between forensic testing and DNA testing. al-Shihri was mistakenly identified due to a similar leg wound. 

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