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U.S., Israel Worked Together to Track and Kill Al-Qaeda No. 2 in Iran
(AP) Matthew Lee and James LaPorta - The U.S. and Israel worked together to track and kill Abu Mohammed al-Masri, al-Qaeda's No. 2, in Tehran on August 7. The U.S. provided intelligence to the Israelis on where they could find al-Masri and the alias he was using at the time, while Israeli agents carried out the killing, according to two U.S. officials. Al-Masri helped plan the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and was wanted on terrorism charges by the FBI. The revelation shows that Iran was harboring an al-Qaeda leader. U.S. officials have long believed a number of al-Qaeda leaders have been living quietly in Iran for years.