Zawahiri

I had a note this morning from Stop The ACLU about a news flash regarding al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden’s top lieutenant.
The rumor again and the hope is this time he is dead.
(flash from the Munchkin coroner from the wizard of OZ.. not merely dead, but really, most sincerely dead,this medical examiner could tell the difference between dead and a rumor..)

Pakistani officials tell ABC News that five of those killed were high-level al Qaeda figures, and their bodies are now undergoing forensic tests for positive identification.

Officials say Zawahiri was known to have used safe houses in this area last winter and was believed to be in the area again this winter.

Zawahiri, who appeared just last week in a new videotaped message, had increasingly been taking the operational reins of al Qaeda, and is thought by U.S. officials to be the current true mastermind of the terrorist group.

8 AM UPDATE

The two Pakistani officials told The Associated Press on Saturday that the CIA had acted on incorrect information, and Ayman al-Zawahri was not in the village of Damadola when it came under attack. Al-Zawahri is ranked No. 2 in the al-Qaida terror network, second only to Osama bin Laden.

“Their information was wrong, and our investigations conclude that they acted on a false information,” said a senior intelligence official. His account was confirmed by a senior government official, who said al-Zawahri “was not there.”

The Munchkin coroner from the wizard of OZ.. says sorry the scum is still not merely alive, but really, most sincerely alive.