Another significant victory: Abd al-Rahim

Another significant victory: Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, al Qaeda’s chief of operations in the Persian Gulf, has been captured in an unidentified country and is now in U.S. custody. He is apparently the senior al Qaeda member whom authorities said they had captured last week; at that time, he was not identified. al-Nashiri is said to be talking.

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