Egypt’s general prosecutor said today an Egyptian was arrested and charged with spying for Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard and providing them with information to carry out terrorist attacks in Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

Pakistani forces believe they have cornered and perhaps wounded Osama bin Laden’s deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, in a major battle near the Afghan border.

As mentor to Osama bin Laden and the brains behind al Qaida, Ayman al Zawahri is considered to be one of the world’s most dangerous terrorists.

An audiotape said to be from Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida deputy warned that the terror group would target Americans “in their homeland” and drive the military from US bases.

Fearless, deeply pious and embittered by years of incarceration and torture, Sayed Qutb was hanged in 1966 for plotting to overthrow the state.