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Will Ayman Al-Zawahiri, Bin Laden's Heir Apparent, Re-Shape Al Qaeda?

How Will Bin Laden's Heir Apparent Re-Shape Al Qaeda?
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Ayman al-Zawahiri is the likeliest choice to replace Osama bin Laden as the head of Al Qaeda, though his predicament today probably gives new vigor to Shakespeare's "uneasy lies the head that wears a crown."

Bin Laden, after all, was killed by US commandos at his compound near the Pakistani capital following years of painstaking work tracking Al Qaeda couriers and developing new techniques to analyze intelligence.

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