Leader’s death will have serious implications for Al-Qaeda, as he was bridge leader after bin Laden and allowed entity to remain cohesive, says senior research fellow at The Soufan Center
The suspect is allegedly involved with Al-Qaeda in bombing US embassies
Kidnapping Americans could be used for prisoner exchange, says Ayman Al-Zawahiri
Al-Qaeda leader wants second Egyptian revolution and kidnapping of Westerners
By AFP WASHINGTON: Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri urged Afghans in audio message Wednesday to rise up against “Crusader pigs” after US Marines were shown in an internet video urinating on the corpses of Taliban militants. The message, which the US-based SITE Intelligence Group said was posted on extremist forums, keyed on a series of scandals in …
By Samer al-Atrush / AFP CAIRO: An Egyptian military court on Monday acquitted Mohamed Al-Zawahri, the brother of Al-Qaeda’s leader Ayman, overturning a death sentence in a new trial, his lawyer and his son told AFP. The court also acquitted Mohamed Islambouli, whose Islamist brother Khaled assassinated president Anwar Sadat in 1981, they said. They had …
