Stig Östlund

torsdag, juni 30, 2011

Bin Laden is dead, but al-Qaeda is not

Ayman al-Zawahiri - Nationality: Egypt
Adviser and longtime No. 2 to bin Laden. Head of Egyptian Islamic Jihad group.

 
Anwar al-Awlaki - Nationality: United States. Holds dual American and Yemeni citizenship.
Leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.


Saif al-Adel - Nationality: Egypt
Security chief, succeeded Muhammad Atef. Former Eqyptian army officer who joined the mujaheddin in Afghanistan in the 1980s. Reportedly being held under house arrest in Iran, but may have been released.

Atiyah Abd al-Rahman - Nationality: Libya
Joined bin Laden in the 1980s and became an explosives expert.



 
Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah - Nationality: Egypt
Financial operations.

Adam Gadahn - Nationality: United States
Propagandist. Grew up in California and converted to Islam as a teenager. Moved to Pakistan in 1998 and appeared in several al-Qaeda videos. Indicted and charged with treason in 2006.

Adnan Gulshair el-Shukrijumah - Nationality: Saudi Arabia
Operations. Lived in the United States with his father, a Muslim cleric.


Source: Washington Post

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