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Al-Qaida Suffers Another 'Major Blow' With Death of Key...

Season 2011 Episode 1640 | 8m 07s

Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, wanted in connection with the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, was killed last week in a firefight in Somalia. Ray Suarez discusses the future of al-Qaida and the significance of the death of one of its top operatives with Juan Carlos Zarate, a former deputy national security adviser.

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