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Zawahiri's death places al-Qaida in a precarious position, argues Colin P. Clarke of the Soufan Center. The question of succession will help shape al-Qaida now — and it may prove divisive.
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After more than 20 years on the run, al-Qaeda boss Ayman al-Zawahiri died in a US drone strike on Sunday.
A little more than a month ago, in the early morning of July 31, Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed by a U.S. Reaper drone over Kabul.
Ayman Al Zawahiri, one of Osama bin Laden's lieutenants, speaks in this undated still frame from a recruitment video for bin Laden's extremist Al-Qaeda network.
Zawahiri's death places al-Qaida in a precarious position, argues Colin P. Clarke of the Soufan Center. The question of succession will help shape al-Qaida now — and it may prove divisive.
Colin P. Clarke (@ColinPClarke) is the director of research at the Soufan Group and a senior research fellow at the Soufan Center. After hunting for him for 21 years, U.S. forces killed al-Qaida ...