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Official Says Al-Qaida 'Decimated' In Pakistan

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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