Osama bin Laden's top deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has been captured in Pakistan, according to a report quoted by Israel Radio today.
The Jerusalem Post says Pakistani forces operating against al Qaida strongholds in the country report capturing the Egyptian national, who was formerly the head of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, which operated in the past against the Cairo regime.
Matt's Chat
UPI is saying the same thing via the Washington Times:Osama bin Laden's top deputy has reportedly been captured near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, Israeli Radio reported Monday.This is a step in the right direction, if true.
Ayman al-Zawahiri, an Egyptian physician and former head of Egypt's Islamic Jihad, has long been the No. 2 in al-Qaida's command structure.
Pakistani soldiers are credited with having caught al-Zawahiri.
TownHall says there is no confirmation:
Additional arrests followed Farooqi's death, police officials told Pakistani media, although there was no confirmation of a report in some Middle East media outlets that al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, had been captured.So, skepticism is probably still in order until we hear something from the administration.
1:00 PM Update
Looks like we've all been had...again:"It is a negative, it is wrong," Brigadier Javed Cheema, Director General of the Interior Ministry's Crisis Management Cell, told Reuters.
