Is al-Qaeda On The Brink Of Collapse?

Osama bin Laden, left, sits with his adviser and purported successor Ayman al-Zawahri, an Egyptian linked to the al Qaeda network, on November 10, 2001. REUTERS

U.S. Officials Believe al-Qaeda On Brink Of Collapse -- Washington Post

U.S. counterterrorism officials are increasingly convinced that the killing of Osama bin Laden and the toll of seven years of CIA drone strikes have pushed al­Qaeda to the brink of collapse.

The assessment reflects a widespread view at the CIA and other agencies that a relatively small number of additional blows could effectively extinguish the Pakistan-based organization that carried out the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks — an outcome that was seen as a distant prospect for much of the past decade.

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