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Pakistan. now, they haven't gotten the top leader, al zawahri. but they have by all accounts used these drone strikes to kill perhaps hundreds of al qaeda operatives over the last many years. so if the ci aira ends its dron strikes which are a real bone of controversy with the pakistani people, where does that leave things? not a lot of targets in pakistan, but certainly al qaeda on the rise in a number of other areas. in yemen, across north africa, al qaeda affiliates in libya after the strike at the u.s. compound in benghazi. al qaeda affiliates operating right now in syria. the al qaeda thr...