Stratfor today reports that Al Qaeda No. 2 man Ayman al-Zawahiri is rumored to have been killed in a July 28 U.S. airstrike in Pakistan. According to the report "the United States is attempting to verify reports that a July 28 airstrike" has killed Al Qaeda's number two man Zawahiri.
The Jawa Reports reads:
"Intelligence sources told The Jawa Report last week that 'the hunt was on' in Pakistan for a 'big fish'. Could this be the big fish they were talking about?
"The major -- and I mean major -- caveat here is that Zawahiri has been rumored to have been killed on a number of previous occasions."
Wikipedia On Ayman al-Zawahiri
Dr. Ayman Muhammad Rabaie al-Zawahiri or (closer to the original Arabic pronunciation) al-Dhawahri (born June 19, 1951), is a prominent leader of al-Qaeda, and was the second and last "emir" of Egyptian Islamic Jihad, having succeeded 'Abbud al-Zummar in the latter role when Egyptian authorities sentenced al-Zummar to life imprisonment. Al-Zawahiri is a qualified surgeon, and is an author of works including numerous al-Qaeda statements. He speaks Arabic and English. Al-Zawahiri is under worldwide embargo by the UN 1267 Committee as a member or affiliate of al-Qaeda.
In 1998 al-Zawahiri formally merged Egyptian Islamic Jihad into al-Qaeda. According to reports by a former al-Qaeda member, he has worked in the al-Qaeda organization since its inception and was a senior member of the group's shura council. He is often described as a "lieutenant" to Osama bin Laden. As of June 2008, he is still at large.
Let's waith and see if al-Zawahiri's death rumors are confirmed.
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#1 He's in Bosnia. You
He's in Bosnia. You know...the country the USA supports just
for the heck of it even though they smuggle members of Al Qaeda.
FYI - 9/11 plane highjackers on flight AA has Bosnian passports and
were veterans of the 90's war in Yugoslavia.