Pak forces kill Al-Qaeda terrorist

8220;I confirm the death of this Egyptian terrorist,8221; the minister said without elaborating.

Another senior Pakistani intelligence official said military reports from the field indicated that Atwah had been killed in the attack, in which at least six other militants were believed killed.

8220;We have reports from Miran Shah the main town in North Waziristan that he Atwah was eliminated in the strike by our forces,8221; said the official.

Neither official specified how they knew Atwah had been killed.

Officials and village residents said earlier that armed men took the bodies away after the attack, apparently to bury them.

US authorities have posted a US 5 million bounty for Atwah, who is accused of involvement in the August 7, 1998, bombings of the U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya that killed 12 Americans and over 200 Africans.