Pakistan, al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri, and Abu Faraj al-Libbi

Pakistan and United States Intelligence Community announced the capture of Abu Faraj al-Libbi. Five other foreign al-Qaeda operatives were also captured, following a shootout in the village of Fatami in northwestern Pakistan. Abu Faraj al-Libbi is the third-ranking leader of al-Qaeda, following Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri. Abu Faraj al-Libbi took over al-Qaeda operations in Pakistan and assumed third-ranking leader of al-Qaeda after the capture of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in March 2003. At the same time, Abu Faraj al-Libbi is the mastermind behind two known failed attempts to assassinate Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in December 2003.