EXCLUSIVE: Pakistani Military Sources Say Zawahiri May Be Dead

ABC News ^ | January 13, 2006 | Brian Ross

[John W]

Jan. 13, 2006 — Today, according to Pakistani military sources, U.S. aircraft attacked a compound known to be frequented by high level al Qaeda operatives. Pakistani officials tell ABC News that al Qaeda leader Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden's top lieutenant, may have been among them.

U.S. intelligence for the last few days indicated that Zawahiri might be in the location or about to arrive, although there is still no confirmation from U.S. officials that he was among the victims.

[Salvation]

any confirmation from other news sources, Pentagon?

[demlosers]

Zawahiri gets hammered on Friday the 13th. :)

[Right_in_Virginia]

Good one....;-D

[Numbers Guy]

CNN has some reporterette on talking about invasion of Paki airspace . . . all together now: awwwwwwwwwwwww

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as much as I hate CNN, at least they are having live reporting

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Guess they haven't invented acronyms yet.

But they do have anachronnism down pretty well.

[ReaganRevolution]

ugh... some security analyst on CNN said if we killed him it will provoke the muslims to rage against us. Oh ok, so exactly how did we provoke them on 9/11. I know, I know, my fault for watching CNN.

[marmar]

Hey...aren't you AF????????

[fiftymegaton]

I for one wish him good luck and maybe when he comes back he'll have an especially interesting story to tell.

[Mr Cobol]

I'm without TV, couldn't take the bias so I'm dependent on the internet. Darn, Batchelor isn't on it, later I hope.

[Numbers Guy]

some security analyst on CNN said if we killed him it will provoke the muslims to rage against us

Yeah, because if we're nice to them then they all retire to go raise bunnies.

[Txsleuth]

Is Christine Amanpour crying again??

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some security analyst on CNN said if we killed him it will provoke the muslims to rage against us.

I think at this point, it would be more good riddance than rage...

[ShowMeMom]

as much as I hate CNN, at least they are having live reporting.

No, they are having live "speculating." Reporting is when you know something to report.

[TADSLOS]

That's Apache footage from Iraq circa 2003 just after major combat ops ended. Stirred up the lib media at the time over "violating" ROE. Eff 'em. The ba$tards were getting ready to drop rounds on our troops. Good shootin'.

[Dog]

I didn't know Batchelor was a liberal..

[Txsleuth]

OF COURSE....CNN would find all of the ways that this would be a BAD thing if Zawahiri is dead!!

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

The news just keeps getting better. Was it her? ;^)

I donno. It could have been Barbara Streisand.

[Dog]

The media will shoot themselves in the foot over this ....just watch...they can't help themselves.

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for what it is worth, CNN showed locals picking through the rubble.. found a hunk of metal with NSN stock numbers on it. No new news.