(Washington Post) - U.S. officials announced Thursday that they had captured Hambali, the 39-year-old Indonesian they describe as al Qaeda's top strategist in Southeast Asia and a key figure in the bombings in Bali last year that killed 202 people. "Hambali was one of the world's most lethal terrorists who is suspected of planning major terrorist operations," said President Bush. With Hambali's arrest, analysts say, nearly all of the top-tier leaders in al Qaeda have been either captured or killed, with the exception of Osama bin Laden and his closest aide, Ayman Zawahiri, both of whom are still at large.
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