Skipped Dinner Saves Al-Zawahiri
CBS News
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Islamabad (Pakistan):
Al Qaeda's No. 2 leader was invited to a dinner marking an Islamic festival on the night of the devastating U.S. missile strike in a Pakistani border village, but did not show up, Pakistani intelligence officials said Sunday.
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Ayman al-Zawahiri sent some of his aides instead, and investigators are trying to establish if any of them were among the at least 17 people killed in the attack, which has caused outrage in Pakistan and a second day of anti-US protests.
The U.S. government has yet to formally comment on the air strike, but Sen. John McCain and other U.S. lawmakers defended it Sunday.
Jan 15, 2006
CBS News
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Islamabad (Pakistan):
Al Qaeda's No. 2 leader was invited to a dinner marking an Islamic festival on the night of the devastating U.S. missile strike in a Pakistani border village, but did not show up, Pakistani intelligence officials said Sunday.
__________________
See Also:
Osama's deputy may have missed US strike
Pakistanis Protest U.S. Missile Attack
Flawed intelligence killed innocents
___________________
Ayman al-Zawahiri sent some of his aides instead, and investigators are trying to establish if any of them were among the at least 17 people killed in the attack, which has caused outrage in Pakistan and a second day of anti-US protests.
The U.S. government has yet to formally comment on the air strike, but Sen. John McCain and other U.S. lawmakers defended it Sunday.
Jan 15, 2006
