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Al Qaeda Leader NPR's Tom Gjelten reports that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says the al Qaeda leader Abu Zubaydah, captured last month in Pakistan, has recovered from his injuries and is beginning to talk to his interrogators. An Army intelligence officer says the arrest of Zubaydah, who was third in al Qaeda leadership, is "the most significant event" in the war on terrorism so far.

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NPR's Tom Gjelten reports that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says the al Qaeda leader Abu Zubaydah, captured last month in Pakistan, has recovered from his injuries and is beginning to talk to his interrogators. An Army intelligence officer says the arrest of Zubaydah, who was third in al Qaeda leadership, is "the most significant event" in the war on terrorism so far.