The Blotter: Brian Ross Investigates

Top Al Qaeda Leader Killed

The man who some U.S. intelligence circles reportedly call al Qaeda's No. 3 has been killed in Pakistan, government officials confirm. "It's significant," a Western intelligence official, who confirmed al Libi is believed to have been killed in this week's attack by an unmanned predator in North Waziristan, tells ABC News. "But it's not bin Laden and Zawahri. They do have an ability to regenerate and replace these guys." Libyan Abu Laith al Libi served as an al Qaeda field commander and...Full Story
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