'Zawahiri ditched Osama to become al Qaeda leader’

Washington: A startling book about the special forces mission which killed the world’s most wanted man claims Ayman al-Zawahiri double-crossed his boss so he could become the new al Qaeda leader.

“Zawahiri virtually guided the CIA to bin Laden by sending a courier who was on CIA files,” a source said, referring to the book by ex-SEAL commander Chuck Pfarrer.

US Navy Seals subsequently stormed Osama’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and shot dead the man behind the 9/11 Twin Towers terror attack, The Telegraph reports.    More Read