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By PAUL HAVEN, Associated Press Writer
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistani troops believe they have surrounded al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri in an operation near the Afghan border, three senior Pakistani officials said Thursday.
The officials told The Associated Press that intelligence indicated the Egyptian-born al-Zawahri, Osama bin Laden's top deputy, has been cornered in an operation. One intelligence official said captured fighters said al- Zawahri had been wounded.
The operation began Tuesday in South Waziristan [north western Pakistan] with hundreds of troops and paramilitary rangers, who fired artillery and used helicopter gunships to attack dug-in al-Qaida fighters. Dozens of fighters were killed and 18 were captured, the intelligence official said.
{;-) Dan in Miami
PS: Al-Zawahri is almost as important as Osama.
PPS: The Pentagon has refused to pay Halliburton 300 million dollars. They say Halliburton over charged them for meals provided to US troops by Halliburton in Iraq.
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