US determined to destroy al-Qaida network: White House

The United States aims to build on its killing of Osama bin Laden to destroy his al-Qaida terrorist organisation, the White House counterterrorism chief said today.

John Brennan declared the administration was determined to “pummel the rest of al-Qaida” as the US moves on from the Navy SEAL raid that killed bin Laden in a surprise attack on his compound not far from Islamabad, the Pakistan capital.