Al- Qaeda’s second most powerful leader Ayman- al- Zawahri critically injured or might be died, CBS News chief foreign affairs correspondent Lara Logan reports exclusively.
CBS news received a copy of intercepted letter from sources in Pakistan that request a doctor for immediate treatment of Al- Qaeda’s second most powerful leader Ayman-al- Zawahri.
The letter mention Ayman-al-Zawari’s name.It also mentioned that he is in severe pain and his injuries are infected.
Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud wrote the letter as the letter carried his signature and stamp. The Taliban logo and the Mehsud’s seal have been declared by experts as legitimate.
The letter is dated July 29- just one day after US air strikess that killed Al- Qaeda’s weapon expert Abu Khabab al-Masri, and five other Arabs in South Waziristan.
However, US authorities said that they are not confirmed that the Al- Qeada’s second leader was injured in that strikes.