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US officials doubt al-Qaida chief fled Pakistan
U.S. intelligence officials are highly skeptical of reports that al-Qaida's new leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has fled Pakistan and gone to either Yemen or Somalia. The officials told NBC News they have no intelligence that al-Zawahiri has left Pakistan
The officials said it would be extremely risky for al-Zawahiri to try to move "outside his circle of protection" at this point, and that ever since former al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden's death, al-Zawahiri spends most of his time "trying to stay alive."
One senior official, noting the claim that al-Zawahiri fled Pakistan came from a Pakistani intelligence official, said, "These are the same people who insisted all along that bin Laden was in Afghanistan."
Earlier Wednesday, a Pakistani intelligence official told NBC News that al-Zawahiri is likely hiding in either Yemen or Somalia. He and his key commanders are believed to have "migrated" from South Asia, the source said.
Al-Zawahiri was bin Laden's deputy and became head of al-Qaida after bin Laden was killed by U.S. Navy SEALs in Pakistan.
The Pakistani official, who requested anonymity because he is not allowed to speak to the media, said that "solid intelligence reports based on recent al-Qaida arrests" suggested that al-Zawahiri had "gone either to Yemen or Somalia."
An Afghan Taliban source also said al-Zawahiri had left the region, NBC News reported.
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So he is/was in Pakistan after all... and I guess we have the freedom of choice on whom to believe and whom not to believe...
U.S. intelligence officials are highly skeptical of reports that al-Qaida's new leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has fled Pakistan and gone to either Yemen or Somalia. The officials told NBC News they have no intelligence that al-Zawahiri has left Pakistan
The officials said it would be extremely risky for al-Zawahiri to try to move "outside his circle of protection" at this point, and that ever since former al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden's death, al-Zawahiri spends most of his time "trying to stay alive."
One senior official, noting the claim that al-Zawahiri fled Pakistan came from a Pakistani intelligence official, said, "These are the same people who insisted all along that bin Laden was in Afghanistan."
Earlier Wednesday, a Pakistani intelligence official told NBC News that al-Zawahiri is likely hiding in either Yemen or Somalia. He and his key commanders are believed to have "migrated" from South Asia, the source said.
Al-Zawahiri was bin Laden's deputy and became head of al-Qaida after bin Laden was killed by U.S. Navy SEALs in Pakistan.
The Pakistani official, who requested anonymity because he is not allowed to speak to the media, said that "solid intelligence reports based on recent al-Qaida arrests" suggested that al-Zawahiri had "gone either to Yemen or Somalia."
An Afghan Taliban source also said al-Zawahiri had left the region, NBC News reported.
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So he is/was in Pakistan after all... and I guess we have the freedom of choice on whom to believe and whom not to believe...
