We Will Kill Also A New Chief of Al-Qaeda - Zawahiri:- United States

US officials have said that new al-Qaeda Chief Ayman al-Zawahiri "lacks a peculiar charisma that Osama bin Laden had", but warned that he would face the same fate as his Predecessor.

Al-Qaeda named Egyptian born Ayman al-Zawahiri as the successor to bin Laden on Thursday.

Calling the 59-year-old long-time number two as an "armchair general", the officials said that Zawahiri not only lacks combat experience, but is also a divisive figure who could divide al-Qaeda.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen warned Zawahiri to expect the same treatment like that of bin Laden, who was killed by US Special Forces in his Abbottabad hideout, Pakistan, on May 2.

"As we did both seek to capture and kill - and succeed in killing - bin Laden, we certainly will do the same thing with Zawahiri," The Telegraph quoted Mullen, as saying.