U.S. official: Al-Qaeda No. 2 killed in Pakistan

USA Today Saturday 27th August, 2011

The Libyan national who was the network's former operational leader rose to al-Qaeda's No. 2 spot after the US killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden during a raid on his Pakistan compound in May. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said last month that al-Qaeda's defeat was within reach if the US could mount a string of successful attacks on the group's weakened leadership. "Now is the moment, following what happened with bin Laden, to put maximum pressure on them," Panetta said, "because I do believe that if we continue this effort we can really cripple al-Qaeda as a major threat. "Al-Rahman was killed Aug.

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