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New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly listens as New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks during a hearing on "Terrorists and Guns: The Nature of the Threat and Proposed Reforms" at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, on May 5, 2010. Bloomberg on May 4, criticized the fact that the Times Square bombing suspect was able to board a plane bound for Dubai shortly before being arrested. US authorities say they arrested Faisal Shahzad, a Pakistani-born US citizen, at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport after he boarded an Emirates Airline plane that was on the point of take off. AFP PHOTO/Jewel Samad (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)Ray Kelly (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

NEW YORK (WCBS 880) — Al-Qaida has a new leader, but New York City’s top cop says our tactics against terrorism won’t change.

Ayman al-Zawahiri’s hatred for the US is fueled by the deaths of his wife and two of his children in a military air strike, but his new number one status doesn’t change New York City’s anti-terror strategies, says Police Commissioner Ray Kelly.

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WCBS 880’s Marla Diamond reports: Kelly Says NYPD Anti-Terrorism Tactics Won’t Change

“Obviously, we have to be concerned about any sort of radiological material being used for a dirty bomb or perhaps even something worse,” he said.

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The NYPD held a dirty bomb exercise in April, working with 150 law enforcement agencies.

“We have to protect ourselves,” said Kelly. “We’re doing everything I believe we reasonably can do to protect New York City.”

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