Al-Zawahri's path went from Cairo clinic to top of al-Qaida

Al-Zawahri's path: From Cairo clinic to top of Al-Qaida

Al-Zawahri's path: From Cairo clinic to top of Al-Qaida

Al-Zawahri's path went from Cairo clinic to top of al

The doors of jihad opened for Ayman al-Zawahri as a young doctor in a Cairo clinic, when a visitor arrived with a tempting offer: a chance to treat Islamic fighters battling Soviet forces in Afghanistan. With that offer in 1980, al-Zawahri embarked on a life that over three decades took him to the t...

Al-Zawahri's Path Went from Cairo Clinic to Top of al-Qaida

The doors of jihad opened for Ayman al-Zawahri as a young doctor in a Cairo clinic, when a visitor arrived with a tempting offer.

Al-Zawahri’s path went from Cairo clinic to top of al-Qaida

By LEE KEATHCAIRO (AP) — The doors of jihad opened for Ayman al-Zawahri as a young doctor in a Cairo clinic, when a visitor arrived with a tempting offer: a chance to treat Islamic fighters battling Soviet forces in Afghanistan.With that offer in 1980, al-Zawahri embarked on a life that over three decades took him to the top of the most feared terrorist group in the world, al-Qaida, after the death of Osama bin Laden.Already an experienced milit…

Al-Zawahri’s path went from Cairo clinic to top of al-Qaida

By LEE KEATHCAIRO (AP) — The doors of jihad opened for Ayman al-Zawahri as a young doctor in a Cairo clinic, when a visitor arrived with a tempting offer: a chance to treat Islamic fighters battling Soviet forces in Afghanistan.With that offer in 1980, al-Zawahri embarked on a life that over three decades took him to the top of the most feared terrorist group in the world, al-Qaida, after the death of Osama bin Laden.Already an experienced milit…

Al-Zawahri’s path went from Cairo clinic to top of al-Qaida

By LEE KEATHCAIRO (AP) — The doors of jihad opened for Ayman al-Zawahri as a young doctor in a Cairo clinic, when a visitor arrived with a tempting offer: a chance to treat Islamic fighters battling Soviet forces in Afghanistan.With that offer in 1980, al-Zawahri embarked on a life that over three decades took him to the top of the most feared terrorist group in the world, al-Qaida, after the death of Osama bin Laden.Already an experienced milit…