Al Qaeda has a new leader. That's according to a statement on an Islamist website published today. It says Ayman al-Zawari, Osama bin-Laden's long-time lieutenant, has now taken full command of the group's operations.
Zawari, who has long been viewed as bin-Laden's most likely successor, vowed earlier this month to press ahead with al-Qaeda's campaign against the US and its allies. It was his first public response to the U.S. commando raid in Pakistan last month, in which bin-Laden was killed.
Believed to be in his late 50s, Zawahri met bin-Laden in Pakistan in the mid-1980s, while helping guerrillas fight the Soviet troops in Afghanistan. He now tops Washington's most-wanted list, with a 25-million U.S.-dollar bounty.
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Zawari, who has long been viewed as bin-Laden's most likely successor, vowed earlier this month to press ahead with al-Qaeda's campaign against the US and its allies. It was his first public response to the U.S. commando raid in Pakistan last month, in which bin-Laden was killed.
Believed to be in his late 50s, Zawahri met bin-Laden in Pakistan in the mid-1980s, while helping guerrillas fight the Soviet troops in Afghanistan. He now tops Washington's most-wanted list, with a 25-million U.S.-dollar bounty.
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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/video/2011-06/17/c_13935432.htm
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