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Offshoot operating for the last many years in northern syria. very violent group. the u.s. had been looking for him for a long time. the khorasan group had vowed to attack the united states and western interests. this is a guy who was a key al qaeda operative. one of the few that the u.s. says had been given advance notice of the 9/11 attacks and then in october 2002, involve in other attacks against u.s. marines in kuwait and a french merchant ship. somebody they had wanted to get. and khorasan...

United states can be expected. karl, thanks. new information about a high level terrorist the u.s. thought had been killed in an air strike. this concerns a bombmaker for al qaeda offshoot operating in syria. he appears very much alive this morning. cnns barbara starr at the pentagon with more. >> reporter: john and christine, u.s. officials tell me they believe the key leader in the khorasan group is still alive after months of air strikes. a french bombmaker, david drugeon, a master bombmake...