Word: second-in-command
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...Osama bin Laden or his second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, were alive and in hiding, wouldn't they be making videotaped statements that refer to recent events for broadcast on the Arab TV station al-Jazeera? The audiotapes and obviously old videotapes that have been released are unimpressive. PASQUALE J. PIACENTE Newington, Conn...
...failure to capture bin Laden and second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri was not enough to demonstrate that Bush’s war on terror has faltered, this string of attacks shows without doubt that al Qaeda remains capable of carrying out small- and large-scale terrorist operations. In a way, this is unsurprising; it would have been impossible to completely destroy al Qaeda’s capabilities immediately. The war on terror will be long, and it will be painful; there will be both setbacks and progress. But it is not too much to expect that it would receive...
...Sergeant!" he yelled at Platoon Sergeant Tom Abbott, his second-in-command. "They're getting close. We need to get out of here...
...personal style—the personal style that worried the Harvard Corporation during the presidential search in the first place. And he’s attempting to do so many things himself that he seems not to have spent enough time on any one thing. Admittedly, his second-in-command is new (Provost Steven E. Hyman) and his third-in-command is leaving (FAS Dean Jeremy R. Knowles), so he could be trying to fly solo for a while longer. Even so, if he himself had concentrated in any one area this year, he would have had something more specific...
...slipping away. Senior officials in Washington concede that "at least" hundreds of the enemy have crossed into Pakistan, where diplomatic and strategic considerations keep them beyond the reach of U.S. forces. Among the fleeing al-Qaeda, say intelligence sources in Islamabad, may have been Osama bin Laden's second-in-command, the Egyptian doctor Ayman al-Zawahiri. He was reportedly sighted a month ago, near Anaconda's mountainous battle zone. Says a Western diplomat in Islamabad, the Pakistani capital: "The Americans are feeling a hell of a lot of frustration...