Global War on Terror Watch: Al-Zawahri ALIVE: Arabiya TV Citing Al Qaeda-linked Source

Al Qaeda’s top strategist and second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahri.

Reuters: Zawahri alive: Arabiya TV citing Qaeda-linked source

Al Qaeda’s second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahri is alive, Al Arabiya television reported on Saturday, quoting a source which it said has contact with al Qaeda.

A source with contacts with al Qaeda reiterated to Arabiya that Zawahri is “alive,” the satellite television said.

The report came after U.S. sources said a U.S. airstrike in Pakistan targeted Zawahri, but a senior Pakistani official said the al Qaeda leader was not there at the time.

The strike on Friday killed at least 18 people, including women and children, and three houses were destroyed in a village near the Afghan border, residents said.

CNN: Source: Al-Zawahiri not among 18 killed in airstrike

Ayman al-Zawahiri — Osama bin Laden’s right-hand man in the al Qaeda terrorist network — was not killed in a CIA airstrike on a remote Pakistani village, according to a Pakistani intelligence official.

U.S. sources said al-Zawahiri was the target of Friday’s strike and initially reported that he may have been among the 18 people killed.

The Pakistani intelligence official said it was not known whether al-Zawahiri was in the area.

Ayman al-Zawahiri — Osama bin Laden’s right-hand man in the al Qaeda terrorist network — was not killed in a CIA airstrike on a remote Pakistani village, according to a Pakistani intelligence official.

U.S. sources said al-Zawahiri was the target of Friday’s strike and initially reported that he may have been among the 18 people killed.

The Pakistani intelligence official said it was not known whether al-Zawahiri was in the area.

CNN has video on how al-Zawahri was targeted here.

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