Because the US and Pakistan have managed to capture or kill about 2/3s of the top 25 al-Qaeda commanders, the middle managers are not in close contact with al-Zawahiri and Bin Laden.
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	7:mark	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	3:det	_
3	US	US	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	7:nsubj|9:nsubj:xsubj|11:nsubj:xsubj	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	5:cc	_
5	Pakistan	Pakistan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	3:conj:and|7:nsubj|9:nsubj:xsubj|11:nsubj:xsubj	_
6	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	7:aux	_
7	managed	manage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	32	advcl	32:advcl:because	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	9:mark	_
9	capture	capture	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	7:xcomp	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	11:cc	_
11	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	7:xcomp|9:conj:or	_
12	about	about	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	15:advmod	_
13	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	compound	15:compound	SpaceAfter=No
14	/	/	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	15:punct	SpaceAfter=No
15	3s	3	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	9:obj|11:obj	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	23:case	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	23:det	_
18	top	top	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	23:amod	_
19	25	25	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	23	nummod	23:nummod	_
20	al	al	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	compound	22:compound	SpaceAfter=No
21	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	22	punct	22:punct	SpaceAfter=No
22	Qaeda	Qaeda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	compound	23:compound	_
23	commanders	commander	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	15:nmod:of	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	32:punct	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	27:det	_
26	middle	middle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	27:amod	_
27	managers	manager	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	nsubj	32:nsubj	_
28	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	32	cop	32:cop	_
29	not	not	PART	RB	_	32	advmod	32:advmod	_
30	in	in	ADP	IN	_	32	case	32:case	_
31	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	32:amod	_
32	contact	contact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	0:root	_
33	with	with	ADP	IN	_	36	case	36:case	_
34	al	al	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	compound	36:compound	SpaceAfter=No
35	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	36	punct	36:punct	SpaceAfter=No
36	Zawahiri	Zawahiri	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nmod	32:nmod:with	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	38:cc	_
38	Bin	Bin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	conj	32:nmod:with|36:conj:and	_
39	Laden	Laden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	flat	38:flat	SpaceAfter=No
40	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	32	punct	32:punct	_
