'Zawahri, al-Qaida's No. 2 leader'

from times of india...........

"Egyptian-born doctor and surgeon Ayman al-Zawahri is al-Qaida's no. 2 leader likely to succeedOsama bin Laden, who was killed in a US-led operation. 

Following are some key facts about Zawahri: * Zawahri is described as the chief organizer of al-Qaida and al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden's closest mentor. 

* Zawahri and bin Laden met in the mid-1980s when both were in the northwestern Pakistani city ofPeshawar to support mujahideen guerrillas fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan. 

* Born in 1951 to a prominent Cairo family, Zawahri was the son of a pharmacology professor and grandson of the grand imam of Al Azhar, one of the most important mosques in the Arab world".................read more here.