Zawahiri... Formerly second in command of al-Qaeda, now the head cheese, occasionally described as
the real brains of the outfit.Formerly the Mister Big of Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Bumped off Abdullah Azzam with a car boom in the course of one of their little disputes. Is thought to have composed bin Laden's fatwa entitled World Islamic Front Against Jews and Crusaders. Currently residing in the North Wazoo area. That is not a horn growing from the middle of his forehead, but a prayer bump, attesting to how devout he is...
in Pakistain."
They didn't have any information about Binny being in Pakistain, either. Imagine their surprise when he was waxed just 30 miles from Islamabad and within walking distance of the national military academy.
"If anybody has any information in this regard, they should share it with Pakistain," said the foreign minister during a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) here today.
"That way we can plug the leak."
Khar's statement comes immediately after comments made earlier today by the US Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton... sometimes described as
The Heroine of Tuzlaand at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as
Another Bainbridge Colby...
, who is currently on a three-day visit to neighbouring India.
"There are several significant leaders still on the run. Zawahiri, who inherited the leadership from bin Laden is somewhere, we believe, in Pakistain," Clinton told a town-hall meeting in the Indian city of Kolkata.
During Monday's meeting of the PCNS, Foreign Minister Khar reiterated the stance that US drone attacks were "counter-productive" and a "violation of Pakistain's illusory sovereignty".
"The US has been informed of Pakistain's concerns on drone strikes," she added.
The foreign minister said that talks were underway on the future of Pakistain's relationship with the United States in light of the parliamentary recommendations.
In an interview to an American television channel on Saturday, US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta
...current SecDef, previously Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Panetta served as President Bill Clinton's White House Chief of Staff from 1994 to 1997 and was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1993....
had said that drone strikes will continue on targets inside Pakistain, rejecting the stance that the attacks were a violation of Pakistain's illusory sovereignty.
"The United States is going to defend itself under any circumstances," Panetta had said.
The US has launched two drone strikes in Fata in the last six days. The latest, on Saturday, killed at least 10 people in the tribal North Wazoo agency.