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Nine other highly sought after terrorists are still on FBI's list, including bin Laden's deputy, Ayman Al-Zawahiri Members of Al-Qaida Jason Burke Osama bin Laden's terrorist group had been on the back foot for years, and Middle East uprisings made it even more marginal If Osama bin Laden had been following the Arab Spring from his Pakistani hideout, his feelings must have oscillated between the hope of new opportunities and despair that they were not coming al-Qaida's way. None of the uprisings that have shaken the region, from Tunisia's Jasmine revolution to the ongoing protests against the Assad regime in Syria, has involved significant Islamist activity – let alone the violent, extremist jihadi ideas promoted by Bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri and their ilk. Al-Qaida had already looked marginal and on the back foot for several years. But the dawn of largely peaceful change in the Middle East and North Africa this year rendered it irrelevant. In Egypt, where the jihad movement was born in the 1980s before merging with like-minded Saudis, the momentous overthrow of Hosni Mubarak's regime was accomplished by a coalition of civil society and democratic forces in which even the powerful Muslim Brotherhood played little organised role. Facebook and Twitter turned out to be far more effective agents of change than any "martyrdom" attack on apostates, ... Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaida leader, has been killed in Pakistan by US special forces. These pictures chart his transition from Saudi youth to Afghanistan 'freedom fighter' and, eventually, world's most wanted man What does the death of Osama bin Laden mean for the future direction and leadership of militant Islamism? So what happens to al-Qaida now? First break down al-Qaida into its constituent elements: the hardcore leadership, the various affiliated groups that have some kind of organisational link to al-Qaida and the ideology, al-Qaida-ism. The hardcore leadership has always been defined as bin Laden and his Egyptian associate, Ayman al-Zawahiri, and a few score associates in Pakistan. Al- Zawahiri is apparently still alive. However, the ageing former paediatrician has none of the charisma of bin Laden. He is good on ideology, strong on strategy and even organisation but can never be the focal point for active followers whether aspirant jihadis or veteran militants that bin Laden was. There are younger leadership figures, some who have deliberately been promoted as al-Qaida has tried to fight its creeping marginalisation in recent years. But people like Abu Yayha al'Libi, who is in his mid-40s, can never replace "the sheikh'. The central leadership of al-Qaida has been rent by splits in recent years, often pitting Saudi, Egyptian and Libyan militants against each other. It is now likely to definitively fracture. What of the affiliate ... As many intelligence officials suspected, Bin Laden was not living in a cave, but in Abbotabad, a… Several documents claim al-Qaida leader evaded US offensive by heading north, rather than into Pakistan as widely thought Osama bin Laden escaped American and British special forces closing in on his refuge in December 2001 with the help of a minor local warlord who provided fighters to guide him to safety in the north-east of Afghanistan, claims a secret intelligence report compiled by officials at Guantánamo Bay. The al-Qaida leader's successful flight from Tora Bora has long been seen as one of the key early lapses of the international military effort in Afghanistan. Though various theories have been floated, no firm account of how Bin Laden evaded the coalition forces and their Afghan auxiliaries has yet emerged. However documents obtained by the Guardian reveal a host of new details about the escape of the world's most wanted man. One document – an assessment compiled in August 2007 of a detainee at the Guantánamo detention centre called Harun Shirzad al-Afghani – claims Bin Laden escaped the dragnet around his mountain stronghold with the help of a local Pakistani militant commander and cleric called Maulawi Nur Muhammad. A precise identification from the documents is difficult but it is likely ... Friday's royal wedding celebrations are a "prime target" for al Qaeda franchises and wannabe jihadis alike, a radical Muslim cleric in Britain tells ABC News, adding that top al Qaeda operatives Ayman al-Zawahiri and Anwar al- Awlaki are "actively encouraging people to carry out" do-it-yourself operations. Usama Hasan, wanted terrorist and brother-in-law of al Qaeda's number two commander, Ayman al-Zawahiri, is dead, according to an announcement on an Islamist website. a radical rereading of the life of Malcolm X Few figures have received plaudits from both the former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani and the al-Qaida operative Ayman al-Zawahiri. Fewer still have found their likeness on the postage stamps of both the US and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Such is the fate of Malcolm X. In the aftermath of his assassination in Harlem's Audubon Ballroom on a cold February morning in 1965, the civil rights and Black Power icon has become an uncertain figure, lauded by most but little understood. The X of his surname, adopted to signify the obscure ancestry of the African American slave, now stands either as a cipher for the imprecise, befuddled meanings projected on to him – or, according to Manning Marable, as the emptying of meaning itself. For Marable, who died just days before this biography was published, the myths and misinterpretations begin with the publication of Malcolm's _The_ _Autobiography_. He argues that Malcolm's voice is smothered by his amaneuensis, _Roots_ author Alex Haley, and describes Haley as a "liberal Republican" and an "integrationist Republican" who was repulsed by Malcolm's radical politics. Haley, Marable writes, wanted to defang ... In a new, rare video message from al Qaeda's number two terrorist commander, Ayman al-Zawahiri calls on Arab armies to intervene in Libya to help eject dictator Moammar Gadhafi before "Western aid… turns into invasions." The hour- plus long video posted online is the first since Egypt's successful revolution and features the Osama bin Laden deputy [...] This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. Al Qaeda Ayman al-Zawahiri Surfaces in Rare Online Video Ayman al-Zawahiri calls on Arab armies to intervene in Libya in fear of West. (Scott) Preserving the rules of decorum is always a challenge, especially in wartime. The great Iowahawk has therefore published "war etiquette tips" by "The Hon. Lindsey Graham of the Charleston Grahams." Senator Graham of course condemns unnecessary rudeness toward the Koran and laments the apparent difficulty created by the Constitution in enacting a law against it. "Until such time as my legislation is enacted, the least we can do as gentlemen is to endeavor a mending of the frayed relationship now existing between ourselves and the Taliban," he advises via Iowahawk. "In this regard, I would like to apply another lesson I learned at Miss Buelah Fontaine's academy: the gracious apology note." Here it is: > _The Right Reverend Ayman Al-Zawahiri Cave 37-B, Kandahar Arms_ > > My Dearest Reverend: > > On behalf of my colleagues, please allow me to express our deepest shame at the blasphemous action of one our citizens in the incident that so rightly vexed you and other devout followers of the Prophet. Please rest assured that as a civilized nation we in no way condone or tolerate this type of behavior. Although we cannot undo the unimaginable hurt his thoughtlessness caused, we will leave no stone ... Anwar al-Awlaki uses online magazine to explain why the Middle East revolts are not a setback for al-Qaida Senior al-Qaida leaders have welcomed the uprisings in the Arab world in their first comprehensive statement on recent events, published in an internet magazine earlier this week. Anwar al-Awlaki – the radical preacher who grew up in America but is now a fugitive in Yemen – used a lengthy article in an English-language magazine called Inspire to explain why the revolts sweeping the Middle East were not a setback for al-Qaida. "Our mujahideen brothers in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and the rest of the Muslim world will get a chance to breathe again after three decades of suffocation," Awlaki wrote in an article entitled The Tsunami of Change. The magazine also featured translated excerpts of earlier statements by senior figures in al-Qaida, such as deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahiri which had previously only been posted in obscure extremist forums. Zawahiri calls on the "people of freedom and honour in Tunisia, Egypt and in each of the Islamic lands" not to let their recent efforts go to waste. His statement appears to have been written before the fall of President Hosni Mubarak ... The newly released fifth issue of al Qaeda's "Inspire" magazine, which appeared on Islamist websites overnight, is called "The Tsunami of Change," and includes the first post-revolution messages from wanted American-born radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and al Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri. Mohammed al Zawahiri, brother of al Qaeda No. 2 Ayman al Zawahiri, was re- arrested in Egypt only days after he was freed under an amnesty for political prisoners. Read More This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. [...] This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. Brother of Al Qaeda No. 2 Rearrested in Egypt Egypt's interim government has released the brother of Ayman al-Zawahiri, al Qaeda's second in command, his lawyer told CNN on Friday. Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri encouraged extremists everywhere to dream up new ways to attack the West in a message delivered Thursday. The 35-minute message produced by Al-Qaeda's media arm, as-Sahab  is a video containing only a still picture of Zawahiri in which he can be heard delivering a speech  and was the second in [...] This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. Al-Qaeda calls for new attacks on West CIA Director Leon Panetta told Congress on Wednesday that if Osama bin Laden or his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri is captured they will be held by the military and probably will be sent to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the first time any senior administration official has outlined a detention plan for al-Qaed... WASHINGTON (AP) -- If the U.S. captures top al-Qaida leaders Osama Bin Laden or Ayman al-Zawahiri, they would likely be sent to the Guantanamo Bay military prison, CIA Director Leon Panetta told senators Wednesday....
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