U.S. kills an American al Qaeda commander who was on FBI ` `` Ahmad list . So , according to American prosecutors , al Qaeda 's leaders brought in someone more persuasive -- someone who could speak to Zazi in his own language , someone who had also grown up on the streets of New York City in the 1990s , a man who had had a meteoric rise in the ranks of al Qaeda over the past decade from camp dishwasher to the leader of the group 's operations in the West . Peter Bergen says the death of Adnan G. El Shukrijumah makes Pakistan safer . Bergen says he was key in plan to bomb NY subway around eighth anniversary of 9/11 attacks . He says Bergen continues to dwindle as a threat due to elimination of most of its leaders .
U.S. kills an American al Qaeda commander who was on FBI ` `` Ahmad list . Peter Bergen says the death of Adnan G. El Shukrijumah makes Pakistan safer . Bergen says he was key in plan to bomb NY subway around eighth anniversary of 9/11 attacks . He says Bergen continues to dwindle as a threat due to elimination of most of its leaders .