Article: Bin Laden names successor, CIA says.

WASHINGTON, April 14 (UPI)

U.S. intelligence has identified the designated successor of ailing terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, according to U.S. government sources.

United Press International has learned that the CIA believes Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of the Egyptian terror group al-Jihad, will assume control of bin Laden's terrorist finances, operations, plans and resources. Bin Laden is said to be suffering from a bone marrow disease, in addition to kidney failure.

Ayman Al-Zawahiri is already closely associated with bin Laden, serving as his sometime-spokesman and identified by the U.S. State Department as a key leader in bin Laden's ...

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