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01-13-2006, 06:33 PM
WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - A U.S. airstrike in Pakistan targeted al Qaeda's second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri but it was unclear if he had been killed, U.S. media quoted U.S. and Pakistani sources as saying on Friday.
Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden and the Egyptian-born Zawahiri have eluded capture since U.S.-led forces toppled Afghanistan's Taliban government in 2001 after the Sept. 11 attacks.
CNN quoted what they said were knowledgeable sources as saying the CIA ordered the airstrike on buildings after receiving intelligence that al-Zawahiri was in a village near the border with Afghanistan.
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Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden and the Egyptian-born Zawahiri have eluded capture since U.S.-led forces toppled Afghanistan's Taliban government in 2001 after the Sept. 11 attacks.
CNN quoted what they said were knowledgeable sources as saying the CIA ordered the airstrike on buildings after receiving intelligence that al-Zawahiri was in a village near the border with Afghanistan.
More.... (http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N13223063.htm)