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Article: BIN LADIN NAMES SUCCESSOR, CIA SAYS
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- United Press International
- Article date:
- April 14, 2000
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United Press International
04-14-2000
Bin Ladin names successor, CIA says
WASHINGTON, April 14 (UPI) -- U.S. intelligence has identified the designated
successor of ailing terrorist leader Osama bin Ladin, 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
Ladin's terrorist finances, operations, plans and resources. Bin Ladin is said
to be suffering from a bone marrow disease, in addition to kidney failure.
Ayman Al-Zawahiri is already closely associated with bin Ladin, serving as his
sometime-spokesman and identified by the U.S. State Department as a key ...
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