Rumour Mongering...

UPDATE: Photo of the letter here. DIE, YOU BASTARD!!!!
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...or truth. Sure would like to know. Al Qaeda No. 2 Injured?

"CBS News has obtained a copy of an intercepted letter from sources in Pakistan, which urgently requests a doctor to treat Zawahiri. He's believed to be somewhere in Pakistan's remote tribal areas of Pakistan.

The letter refers to Sheikh Dr. Ayman ul Zawahiri by name - and says that he is in "severe pain" and his "injuries are infected."

It is reportedly written by local Taliban leader, Baitullah Mehsud, whose signature and seal are visible on the letter."

Sounds like the periodic rumours about Izzat al-Douri, one of the last big fish from the Ba'athist regime to still be at large. Still, the Coalition is certainly doing something along the Afghanistan/Pakistan border.