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al Qaeda Leader al Zawahiri

UPDATE: Al Qaeda’s second in command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, may be injured or even dead, according to a CBS News report based on an intercepted letter that urgently requests a doctor to treat Zawahiri.

CBS News says it obtained a copy of the letter from sources in Pakistan, where Zawahiri, second only to Usama bin Laden, is thought to be hiding.

The letter, reportedly written by a local Taliban leader and dated Tuesday, says Zawahiri is in “severe pain” and his “injuries are infected,” according to the report.

Stratfor is announcing on their site that Ayman al-Zawahiri is dead, possibly killed in a coalition air strike on July 28, 2008.

This would not be the first time… or the second, that al Zawahiri’s death has made headlines.

The air strike took place in Waziristan, a region along the Afghan border which has become notorious for its local tribes playing host to al Qaeda and Taliban militants, including some who fled U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan.

We will provide updates as information becomes available.