Parsing tapes, some see a shift at Al Qaeda helm

WASHINGTON -- With no tapes from Osama bin Laden this year, some US and foreign intelligence officials suspect that his top deputy, the even more ideological Ayman al-Zawahri, has taken on a greater role as the spiritual and day-to-day leader of the Al Qaeda terror network. (Full article: 1001 words)

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