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Pakistan asks for US intel on Zawahri
Pakistan has called on the United States to share information about Ayman al-Zawahri after Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said he believed that Osama bin Laden's successor was in Pakistan.

During his first trip to Kabul on Saturday as Pentagon chief, Panetta said he thought that Zawahri was living in Pakistan's tribal region on the Afghan border.

Pakistan's military said its troops were carrying out "intense operations" against al Qaeda and its associates as well as "terrorist leadership" and other high value targets.

"We expect U.S. intelligence establishment to share available information and actionable intelligence regarding Al Zawahri and other HVTs with us, enabling Pakistan Army to carry out targeted operations," said a military spokesman.

Panetta said the strategic defeat of al Qaeda was within reach if the United States could kill or capture up to 20 remaining leaders of the core group and its affiliates.
Oh, but we couldn't possibly capture and interrogate any of them because that might put Obama in an awkward political position.
He said these terrorist leaders were living in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and in North Africa.
Posted by: ryuge 2011-07-10
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