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Official Says Al-Qaida 'Decimated' In Pakistan

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Published February 3, 2009 at 10:00 AM EST

For months now, missiles fired by CIA drones have repeatedly struck targets in Pakistan. Tom Gjelten, NPR's intelligence and national security correspondent, reports that senior U.S. officials claim that the air strikes have "decimated" al-Qaida's leadership in the country.

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