FOXNews.com - Top Stories - Pakistani Forces Ramp Up Siege ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Thousands of Pakistani army reinforcements joined in an ongoing offensive Friday to home in on a "high value target" that may be Usama bin Laden's No. 2 man, as fighting intensified to root out Al Qaeda (search) and Taliban fugitives from their hiding places.
Ayman al-Zawahri — bin Laden's deputy and the man considered the brains behind the Al Qaeda terror network — is believed to be cornered and perhaps wounded somewhere within a 3-square mile area of Pakistan near the rugged Afghan border.
There was no indication that bin Laden was with the Egyptian-born al-Zawahri, but the Pakistani military estimates that about 400 militants — a mix of foreigners and Pakistani tribesmen — are cornered in the border battle.
Ayman al-Zawahri — bin Laden's deputy and the man considered the brains behind the Al Qaeda terror network — is believed to be cornered and perhaps wounded somewhere within a 3-square mile area of Pakistan near the rugged Afghan border.
There was no indication that bin Laden was with the Egyptian-born al-Zawahri, but the Pakistani military estimates that about 400 militants — a mix of foreigners and Pakistani tribesmen — are cornered in the border battle.
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