Analysis: Death of deputy chief deals heavy blow to al Qaeda
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Tue, Aug 23 2011
GBy William Maclean
LONDON (Reuters) - The killing of al Qaeda's number two leader deprives the group of a multi-talented manager who helped it spawn offshoots around the world and survive a U.S. counter-terrorism campaign in Pakistan, security analysts say.
LONDON
Sat Aug 27, 2011 5:47pm EDT
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QAEDA LOOKS "FINISHED"
"Al Qaeda as an idea will live on, but al Qaeda core as an organization looks pretty much finished as there are so few people who can now move up into those...