al-libi sat on al qaeda's governing council and as the top deputy to new al qaeda chief ayman al-zawahiri al-libi oversaw external operations. u.s. officials say he was at the center of planning new attacks and coordinating al qaeda's outreach to top affiliates like al qaeda in yemen. as a veteran jihadist who was a trustetrust aide to osama bin l, al-libi was viewed inside al qaeda as something like a star and he burnished that reputation with a brazen escape in 2005 from a u.s. military prison at the bagram air base in afghanistan. this is the wanted poster that was circulated after his breakout. al-libi made one of his last-known public appearances in this video last december urging rebels in his homeland of libya to hold on to their weapons and fight the deceptive notion of democracy. al-libi is the latest senior al qaeda leader to be killed in a u.s. air campaign to dismantle the terror network. since bin laden's death 13 months ago, the u.s. has carried out nearly 100 air strikes in pakistan and yemen, killing more than a dozen top terrorists, including american-born cleric anwar al

would have if he dre involved in the day to day business-- and it's also given ie insulation to ayman al- zawahiri. >> pelley: the head of al qaeda now is dr. al-zawahiri. atat does he do now? >> well, he has two choices, and both of them are bad. he can either reach deeper down into the organization and find somebody who can run the day to day business as a replacement. ut we won't find anyone with the managerial skill or the street credibility of al-libi the is not only a capable warrior but was also regarded as onlnly ous scholar in the elganization. the other alternative, of course, is that he can step up and get more involved in the day to day running of the ganizazation. but that means increasing his exposure to possibly meeting the same end. >> pelley: taking al qaeda apart a piece at a time. john, thanks very much. >> thank you. >> pelley: few elections this year are getting more attention than the one in wisconsin tonight. it is an attempt to recall republican governor scott walker who famously took on public employee unions, taking away bair right to bargain collectively on everything bu

al libi was number two behind ayman al zawahiri, bin laden the longest and closest associate. mous for escaping bagram air base in 2005. he plead to pakistan and within a year, the charismatic al qaeda operative was releasing taunting videos. a leading voice in calling for attacks against the u.s. >> he was the gatekeeper to zawahiri and, frankly if ayman al zawahiri goes now, the central leadership in pakistan is probably as close to done as it's going to be. >> reporter: this strike follows a string of u.s. successes against al qaeda. osama bin laden in may of last year. al rahman, head of al qaeda operations. in yemen, american-born radical cleric anwar al awlaki followed just last month by a drone strike on fah al quso charged in the bombing of the "uss cole." and now al libi. it will be difficult for al zawahiri to replace al libi with someone as trustworthy especially when zau wauwahiri ht to wonder if he is next. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. >>> al libi was the only one killed in that strike. the u.s. has pulled funding for pakistan's version of "sesame street."

and al qaeda, and ayman al zawahiri were among those. they say you get dignity through resistance and violence. and the tremendous opportunity presented to the region, to us, to the world, by the arab awakening, is a counternarrative that comes within the middle east itself that says, no, the way to dignity is through peaceful participation and politics. and that's a big part of what's at stake in the region today. >> mike, i'm going to give you a chance in a second, but i do want to ask you a quick question. didn't -- sharon walked on the mount. was that 2000, tamara? >> 2000 september. >> you have the palestinian issue, which the u.s. has seen right or wrong to not be fixing, right? i covered the first one in '88 and now here we are in 2000, talk about deja vu all over again. someone asked that you address the plight of the palestinians from 9/11 to today as well, which i'll ask you to do. you can address it now or a little bit later if you like. do you want to say something on it now? >> well, if we're moving -- i guess what i would s

he moved up to al qaeda's number two spot after ayman al zawahiri replaced osama bin laden. >>> kwame says he does not plan to resign and he didn't break any laws in connection with contributions to his 2008 election campaign. he made the comments today in response to questions about the ongoing ethics probes that are becoming a distraction in d.c. government. brown's statements came as mayor gray announced three pointments for the nearly formed d.c. ethics board. >>> one person killed after a fiery crash in montgomery county. officials say a car burst into flames last night after it hit an overpass on dickerson road. witnesses say people jumped into action trying to save the people that were in that car. now our report. >> reporter: 1:00 tuesday morning. the female driver of this honda civic heading east loses control, flaming into the stone overpass, bursting into flames. >> when i saw the car, you couldn't even tell. >> reporter: one of the first people on the scene was a washington county volunteer firefighter. flames were liking the dashboard and crawling up the ceil inside the c

he became the second in command, we're told, when ayman al zawahiri took over the top spot after the h of usama bin laden. >> al libby's death is a major blow to core al qaeda removing the number two leader for the second time in less than a year and further damaging the group's morale and collusion and bringing it closer to ultimate demise than ever before. >> shepard: the white house says there is no clear successor to become number two. new kind of spy drone capable of lingering above a target for days on end. it's called the phantom eye. boeing tested a prototype a few days ago in california. there were a few minor problems they tell us, the landing gear broke. we're told once all of that is fully operational, the phantom will cruise at an altitude of 65,000 feet and because it uses hydrogen power will be able to fly without refueling for four days. that's three times longer than the current batch of reconnaissance drones. trace gallagher is following this from our west coast news hub this afternoon. you this new drone pretty impressive, trace. >> certainly big enough, shep. this

considered very charismatic long followers and number two to ayman al zawahiri. al zawahiri has been the longest associate. he'll have a hard time replacing al libi because of his expertise. and if al zawahiri is killed, which the u.s. is ready to launch drones, the core leadership in pakistan would be wiped out. josh? >> thank you for that. >>> now, to an abc news exclusive about potentially explosive evidence in the jerry sandusky sexual abuse trial. the former penn state football coach stands accused of molesting ten boys. prosecutors will submit into evidence, love letters sandusky allegedly wrote to his alleged victims. sources say they are, quote, creepy." and also, claims that sandusky bought them gifts, golf clubs and watches. >>> now, a mystery of sorts along the pacific coast. a massive concrete dock has washed ashore in oregon. nearly 70 feet in length. the name of a japanese city imprinted on the dock, could indicate it's the largest piece of debris from last year's tsunami, raising concerns about what other debris could be on the way. >>> with wall st

abuya al libia was a rising star in the terror network and the second in lead behind ayman al zawahiri. he was fluent in several languages and part of the inner circle. u.s. officials aren't confirming libi was killed but a senior official says he was targeted in the last 24 hours. and pakistani officials tell us al libi was among the 15 militants killed in a drone strike monday morning. he has starred in several al qaeda videos, most of them preaching the virt ufs jihad. this one shows him wearing a tactical vest while drivering a sermon in a mountainous region. another shows him indoors again preaching with a black taliban flag behind him. after coalition forces toppled the taliban, he was captured and spent years behind bars in bagram. but he escaped appearing in a later video where he talked about his time in captivity. then just last year during the arab spring, al libi appeared in another video encouraging libyans to rise up against moammar al gadhafi calling for libyans to establish an islamic state. the state department considered al libi so dangerous they put a $1 million rewa

more importantly, in recent months al libi was top deputy to ayman al zawahiri overseeing plots and relations with terrorists. inside al qaeda, he was a star revered from his escape from a u.s. military prison in afghanistan and now with his killing by a u.s. drone, al qaeda has a serious hole in top management says longtime cia analyst phil mudd. >> there was someone coming in behind them. it's not clear who will fill them. >> reporter: there are numerous openings. in 13 months since bin laden was killed by u.s. navy seals, more than a dozen other top al qaeda terrorists have been killed by nearly 100 u.s. air strikes in pakistan and yemen. among the dead, american born cleric who was behind bombs on u.s. aviation and one plotting attacks to mark the tenth anniversary of 9/11. this week's killing of al libi further strains relationships with pakistan demanding an end to u.s. drone strikes. the u.s. will not standdown but mudd says officials can't afford to ignore pakistani concerns. >> you can't walk away from the table. >> reporter: officials say a d badly weakened al qaeda is not capable o

>> what about the number one al qaeda leader, ayman al zawahiri.ll. >> i don't think anyone is talking about capturing him at the moment. he is believed to be hiding on the tribal region on the pakistan side. that means he would be in the crosshairs of the cia because it is only cia drones that are the only u.s. aircraft, armed aircraft, that fly in that region of pakistan. wolf? >> there you. the latest attack and yet another major victory for president obama and what's been called the secret war against enemies of the united states written by "the new york times" reporter david sanger. i'll speak to him in a moment, but first let's get background from brian todd in "the situation room." >> being called the obama doctrine. the number two man, the latest in the series of focused strikes on terrorists and other targets. strikes that changed the perception of how this president engages. >> reporter: how obama has shocked critic &s and supporters alike. >> this is sort of an anti-war president that wants no military engagement in the region. >> vali n

he was second in command behind al qaeda's ayman al zawahiri.to bring in barbara starr to tell us what is the significance of this guy, and how did it happen that they took him out? >> by all accounts this was a drone strike by a cia unmanned drone over the pakistan border region. it's the cia that flies these armed drones, let's be clear about it, they go target various suspected terrorists, they have been doing it for years now. this is someone they wanted to get very badly. a key operative in al qaeda for some time now, even before the death of osama bin laden. he has appeared in many videos, is a jihadist islamic scholar, a key operative, someone with a lot of clout in the organization and abe to draw a lot of attention. does it make america safer? that would remain to be seen. al qaeda has showed remarkable resilience in basically regeneral are rating itself, bringing new leadership to the table even as they are decimated by these continued drone strikes. the key question for al qaeda for the future experts will tell you is whether this reg

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political launch the nurse if he will arguing for how that dignity can be achieved, and al qaeda and ayman al-zawahiri were among those saying you get dignity through resistance, through confrontation and violence. as a tremendous opportunity presented to the region to us to the world by the arab awakening is a counter narrative that comes from within the middle east itself that says no, the way to dignity is through peaceful participation and politics, and that is a big part of what is at stake in the region. >> i'm going to give you a chance in a second but i want to ask a quick question. didn't sharon log on the mount? >> so you have this palestinian issue, which the u.s. has seen right or wrong to be not fixing. i've been in the first in '88, and here we are in 2000. talk about deja vu all over again. so, i do want to continue. someone asked that you address the human rights palestinians over the arc from 9/11 to the day which i'm going to ask you to do you can address it now or later if you liked. did you want to say something on that now? >> if we are moving. i guess what i would say is that whe

ayman al-zawahiri who is now the leader of al-qaida began in the egyptian muslim brotherhood so you'vegot this organization in charge, potentially in egypt which is the most populous arab nation and, you know, setting us up here for a real conflict, it looks like between the muslim brotherhood and the military while at the same time, the united states in what is really incomprehensible seems to be welcoming this turn of events. >> it's also interesting, one network correspondent who was there in cairo who heard the first official speech said that he went off script. that the script that had been handed out, the official part of the script and he went off it. so yeah, he speculates this was for local consumption hoping that the united states wouldn't hear that portion of it. >> something called satellite. >> yeah. >> get back on script. >> democratic elections, you don't know. that's why some say it's better to stick with the devil that you know in some cases. >> we have other headlines making news this morning. tell you what else is happening. time has run out for an army psychiatrist