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Al Qaeda remnants scrambling to survive in Pak: US
Al-Qaeda’s core, including its new leader Ayman al-Zawahiri are scrambling to survive in Pakistan under fire from the US drones lowering threats of an attack by a nuclear dirty bomb.
The hardcore of the group is “essentially gone”, US officials said, almost a year after US raid killed terror mastermind Osama bin Laden, adding that only the remnants survived and these were on the run most of the time looking for cover and apparently in no shape to mount another September 11 attack.
The American officials warned that al-Qaeda’s affiliates remain a threat especially the Yemeni offshoot. They said the group had lost its capabilities to carry out complex attacks inside the US, but are still capable of hitting Western targets overseas and are building armies and expertise to plot violence.
“Its really hard to imagine al-Qaeda core gathering to repeat a 9/11 attack,” CBS quoted senior US officials as telling the reporters.
“It may be too soon to declare victory,” US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said as he claimed that America was safer as a result of bin Laden operation.
Al-Qaeda’s core, including its new leader Ayman al-Zawahiri are scrambling to survive in Pakistan under fire from the US drones lowering threats of an attack by a nuclear dirty bomb.
The hardcore of the group is “essentially gone”, US officials said, almost a year after US raid killed terror mastermind Osama bin Laden, adding that only the remnants survived and these were on the run most of the time looking for cover and apparently in no shape to mount another September 11 attack.
The American officials warned that al-Qaeda’s affiliates remain a threat especially the Yemeni offshoot. They said the group had lost its capabilities to carry out complex attacks inside the US, but are still capable of hitting Western targets overseas and are building armies and expertise to plot violence.
“Its really hard to imagine al-Qaeda core gathering to repeat a 9/11 attack,” CBS quoted senior US officials as telling the reporters.
“It may be too soon to declare victory,” US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said as he claimed that America was safer as a result of bin Laden operation.
