U.S. and Pakistani officials said Saturday that al Qaeda's second-in-command, Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, has been killed in Pakistan, delivering another major blow to the terrorist group.
Since Navy SEALs stormed Osama bin Laden's compound and killed him in May, the Obama administration has been unusually frank in its assessment that al Qaeda is on the ropes, its leadership in disarray. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said last month that al Qaeda's defeat was within reach if the United States could mount a string of successful attacks.
"Now is the moment, following what happened with bin Laden, to put maximum pressure on them," Panetta said. "I do believe that if we continue this effort, we can really cripple al Qaeda as a major threat."
A Libyan national, al-Rahman never had the worldwide name recognition of bin Laden or bin Laden's successor, Ayman al-Zawahri. But al-Rahman was regarded as an instrumental figure in the terrorist organization, trusted by bin Laden to oversee al Qaeda's daily operations.
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Rot in hell bastard.
They're dropping like flies. I hope the Navy Seal destroys Alshabab.
