Posted in Midde East, Russia, World Defector: Putin’s KGB Trained Top al-Qaeda Terrorists Author: johngalt Published Date: August 8, 2005 Leave a Comment on Defector: Putin’s KGB Trained Top al-Qaeda Terrorists Defector: Putin's KGB Trained Top al-Qaeda Terrorists - The New American Ayman al-Zawahiri, the reputed Number 2 chief in al-Qaeda, was trained by the Russian FSB (formerly known as the KGB). That's the story told by ex-FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko. The New American Submitted by: johngalt