Washington: US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said al Qaeda terror network remains a “real threat to the United States despite the killings of Osama bin Laden and Anwar al-Awlaki.
During a TV interview late Wednesday, Panetta discussed US strategy to disband al Qaeda’s global networks.
“We’re going after al Qaeda, wherever they’re at,” Panetta was quoted as saying by news.
“And clearly, we’re confronting al Qaeda in Pakistan. We’re confronting the nodes of al Qaeda in Yemen, in Somalia, in North Africa. … and obviously whatever al Qaeda links are involved in Afghanistan,” he said.
When asked whether US forces have defeated Al Qaeda, The US defence secretary said:”Not yet,”. “They’re still a real threat. There’s still al Qaeda out there. And we’ve got to continue to put pressure on them wherever they’re at.”
However, he said that US forces have “undermined their leadership significantly.”
he said of the network’s 10 main leaders listed after the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States, only Dr.Ayman al-Zawahiri was still alive.
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