U.S. Says al-Qaeda On “Brink of Defeat”

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U.S. Says al-Qaeda On “Brink of Defeat”

August 29th, 2011

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

Matt Apuzzo
The Independent
August 29, 2011

American and Pakistani officials said al-Qa’ida’s second-in-command, Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, has been killed in Pakistan, delivering another blow to a terrorist group that the US believes to be on the verge of defeat.

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-Qa’ida is on the ropes, its leadership in disarray. The new US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said last month that al-Qa’ida’s defeat was within reach if the US could mount a string of successful attacks. “Now is the moment, following what happened with Bin Laden, to put maximum pressure on them,” Mr Panetta said. “Because I do believe that if we continue this effort we can really cripple al-Qa’ida as a major threat.”

A Libyan national, Rahman never had the worldwide recognition of Bin Laden or Bin Laden’s successor, Ayman al-Zawahiri. But Rahman was regarded as an instrumental figure in the organisation, trusted by Bin Laden to oversee al-Qa’ida’s daily operations.