Latest world news for The new leader of Alqaeda, Ayman Al-Zawahiri was inducted leader of al-Qaeda to succeed Osama bin Laden, the founder of the terrorist network ki*led early May by U.S. commandos in Pakistan says Al Qaeda in a statement posted Thursday. The news channel Al-Arabia has confirmed the information.
Ayman Al-Zawahiri is the New Leader of Alqaeda - 'The general command of al-Qaida announced after consultations, the appointment of Sheikh Ayman Al-Zawahiri to the head of the organization', according to the signed text of the General Command and posted on Islamist websites. Mr. Al-Zawahiri, an Egyptian, was number two on the network and right arm of bin Laden.
In a video posted on June 8 by the U.S. intelligence group SITE, Al-Zawahiri is committed to pursuing the path of jihad against the West parBen Laden plotted. 'We must continue on the path of jihad (holy war) to expel the invaders from the land of Islam', Mr. Zawahiri has launched to address 'the Islamic nation', in a eulogy of the founder of Al-Qaida.
Saif Al-Adel, a senior Egyptian Al Qaeda, had been appointed acting head of the extremist group, after the death of Osama bin Laden, reported CNN, May 18
Al-Adel, a former Egyptian Special Forces and the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, is aged about 50 years and is the head of the military wing of Al Qaeda. Also known under the name of Muhamad Ibrahim Makkawi, he was charged for his alleged involvement in attacks against U.S. embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam in 1998, and a reward of $ 5 million is offered for his arrest. That's the latest Ayman Al-Zawahiri as The New Leader of AlQaeda
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