While this article from ABC News points out that despite an increase in US drone strikes, many high-value targets such as Adam Gadahn and Ayman al-Zawahiri are still walking around, increased intelligence and capability in the areas where they are believed hiding suggests they may not be for much longer.
The reappearance of two of al-Qaeda’s best known figures this weekend overshadowed last week’s news that an unmanned U.S. drone had killed a behind-the-scenes al-Qaeda operative named Saleh al-Somali in a remote northern region of Pakistan.
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