Officials: CIA missile strike kills al-Qaida No. 3 Terrorist group's operational leader Rabia killed in Pakistan By Robert Windrem and Carol Grisanti NBC News and news services Updated: 12:20 p.m. ET Dec. 3, 2005 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The operational commander of al-Qaida and possibly the No. 3 official in the terrorist organization, Hamza Rabia, was killed early Thursday morning by a CIA missile attack on a safehouse in Pakistan, officials told NBC News. Pakistan's president later confirmed the militant leader's death. “Yes indeed, 200 percent. I think he was killed the day before yesterday if I’m not wrong,” President Pervez...