Senior Al-Qaeda Figure Leaves Iran amid a Series of Departures by Terrorists

(Washington Post) Adam Goldman - Thirwat Shihata, a senior al-Qaeda figure who was the deputy of Ayman al-Zawahiri, has left Iran where he had lived after fleeing American forces in Afghanistan in 2001, according to U.S. intelligence officials. In the past two years, up to a dozen notable al-Qaeda figures have left Iran, and two have ended up in U.S. custody.


2014-02-18 00:00:00

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