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The Egyptian militant has filled the power vacuum left by Osama Bin Laden after he was taken out by Navy SEALs' in the deadly raid on his Pakistani hideout.
Already the terror group's operational leader he is now in overall charge while the organization collects pledges to appoint Ayman al-Zawahri, bin Laden's top deputy, as Al Qaeda's new leader. Noman Benotman, an analyst with the Quilliam Foundation think tank and a former associate of bin Laden, told Reuters contacts in jihadist circleshad confirmed this succession.
