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June 6, 2012

Al-Qaeda Is Going Out of Business

Peter Bergen, CNN

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The news that Abu Yahya al-Libi, the No.2 leader of al Qaeda, is now confirmed to have been killed in a CIA drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region along the border with Afghanistan further underlines that the terrorist group that launched the 9/11 attacks is now more or less out of business.

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TAGGED: Abu Yahya al-Libi, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Afghanistan, Pakistan, al-Qaeda

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