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Archive Home > 2010 > January > 06 > Before blast, U.S. had high hopes for informant

Before blast, U.S. had high hopes for informant

By Mark Mazzetti / The Bulletin
January 6, 2010

WASHINGTON — Before detonating a suicide bomb in Afghanistan last week, a Jordanian militant was considered by U.S. spy agencies to be the most promising informant in years about the whereabouts of al-Qaida’s top leaders, including Ayman al-Zawahri, the terrorist....

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