Thursday, May 19, 2011

Al Qaeda Leaders Dead, Captured, Or Wanted

Osama bin Laden, head of al-Qaida. The Saudi Arabian native was killed in his three-story walled complex in Abbottabad, Pakistan on May 1. As the head of al-Qaida, he is considered responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001 airplane attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, and the 2000 attack on the USS Cole.

Al-Qaida Leaders: Dead or Wanted -- PBS Newshour

The hunt for top-level al-Qaida members continues in the wake of Osama bin Laden's death. We profile a selection of senior terrorist leaders who were captured or killed, and others who are still on the lam.

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