Ayman alzawahiri, who has been announced as the new leader of alqaeda, left his life as an egyptian doctor in the capital cairo decades ago, in order to dedicate himself to the islamist underground. Aubrey immelman and kathryn kuhlmann saint johns university and the college of saint benedict unit for the study of personality in politics. Join us this week on the corbett report as we go in search of the real ayman alzawahiri and uncover some surprising connections. Full text of translation of ayman al zawahiris letter see other formats translation of alqaeda chief ayman alzawahiris letter to the leaders of the two jihadi groups. How a cia drone strike nearly killed the head of alqaeda jeff stein, newsweek, april 21, 2017 the trump white house signaled a new, tougher approach to eliminating alzawahiri and his militant allies in early april with the appointment of lisa curtis to head the south asia desk for the national security council.
Zawahiri, a physician, was the son of two of the cities. Ayman alzawahiri has also revealed that his predecessor was a member of the muslim brotherhood in his youth published. Osama bin laden was blind in one eye, says alqaida leader. Ayman alzawahiri, an eye surgeon who helped found the egyptian militant group islamic jihad, was named as the new leader of alqaeda on 16 june 2011. The timing of the release, as with previous episodes, was likely delayed. Ayman alzawahiri left and osama bin laden in afghanistan in the 1980s.
Categories aqsl, uncategorized, israel, saudi arabia, alqaidah, assa. Ayman al zawahiri, who took over the leadership of alqaeda after the death of osama bin laden last year, remains in the afpak region, a top us counterterrorism official said on sunday. The zawahiri name, however, was associated above all with religion. Find all the latest articles and watch tv shows, reports and podcasts related to ayman alzawahiri on france 24. Ayman alzawahiri, an acerbic egyptian physician who was bin ladens longtime deputy. Full text of al qaeda chief ayman al zawahiri s audio message my dear muslim brothers. Ayman alzawahiri, the number two figure in alqaeda, is featured in a video interview produced by assahab, marking the third such sitdown interview to be conducted with the multimedia wing of alqaeda. Jihadist news alqaeda ayman alzawahiri usama bin laden afghanistan united states. This paper presents the results of an indirect assessment of the personality of ayman alzawahiri, from the conceptual perspective of theodore millon. Alzawahiri participated in youth activism as a student.
Aymans parents, rabia al zawahri and umayma azzam, were pillars of modern egypt. It sucks to try to follow in osama bin ladens footsteps. Muhammad alzawahiri and hussain alzawahiri at the time he was rendered from uae to cairo in march or april 1999, muhammad alzawahiri had not set foot on egyptian soil for a quartercentury. Rewards for justice wanted for terrorism ayman alzawahiri. He has led the group since bin ladens death in 2011, and expanded the number of al qaeda affiliates around the world. Wikipedia article, commons category, quotes, wikidata item. Ayman alzawahiri celebrity biography, zodiac sign and. Navy seal team killed the terrorist chief, and only now has alqaeda decided on his successor dr. Although his parents were from prominent families, zawahiri and his siblings. According to a translation of the 6,300word letter provided by the u. Zawahiri reflects on experiences in tora bora in series on bin laden. It is unclear whether the money is paid to the group directly or through an. Ayman alzawahiri has been indicted for his alleged role in the august 7, 1998, bombings of the united states embassies in dar es salaam, tanzania, and nairobi, kenya.
In a threepart audio message which the jihadist networks media arm alsahab said was recorded before us forces killed bin laden on may 2, zawahiri addressed the populations. This image provided by site intelligence group shows ayman al zawahiri as he gives a eulogy for fellow al qaeda leader osama bin laden in a video released on jihadist forums on june 8, 2011. He has led the group since bin ladens death in 2011, and expanded the number of alqaeda affiliates around the world. At 15 he was arrested for membership in the muslim brotherhood, which sought to remove foreign influence from egyptian society. Zawahiri comes from a distinguished egyptian family, according to the new york times. Al qaeda leader ayman muhammad rabaie alzawahiri was born on june 19, 1951, in maadi, egypt. Full text of translation of ayman al zawahiris letter. This study creates a broad, contextrich profile of ayman alzawahiris political psychology using the analytical framework known as operational code. He became both quite pious and political, under the influence of. Ayman alzawahiri, now americas most wanted terrorist, took over as the head of alqaeda in june 2011 after the killing of erstwhile head osama bin laden. Jihadist news alqaeda in the arabian peninsula aqap ayman alzawahiri abu baseer alwuhayshi yemen. Ayman alzawahiri the second most powerful leader in al qaeda and osama bin ladens no. In 1929, rabies uncle mohammed alahmadi alzawahiri became the grand imam of alazhar, the thousandyearold university in. Ayman alzawahiris terrible, horrible, no good, very bad.
Zawahiri mentions president bushs visit to india and pakistan in march 2006, placing a time stamp on the tape. Alqaida has moved to reassert its battered authority, appointing as its leader ayman alzawahiri, the egyptian militant mastermind who has vowed to. Zawahiri says al qaeda has broken the back of the us in iraq. Ayman alzawahiri simple english wikipedia, the free. The first was issued in september 2005, and was followed a year later by the second, which is titled, hot issues. Perhaps the most famous alumnus of the system is ayman al zawahiri, al qaedas number two. Were we insane killers of innocents as the questioner claims. The rule of islamic law with judging based on nonislamic law. This image provided by site intelligence group shows ayman alzawahiri as he gives a eulogy for fellow alqaeda leader osama bin laden in a video released on jihadist forums on june 8. Full text of alqaeda chief ayman alzawahiris audio message. He also calls leaders in jordan, egypt and saudi arabia traitors and calls on muslims to resist them. Alzawahiri is one of the mostwanted terrorists in the united states. His father was a pharmacology professor who died in 1995. So what took alqaeda so long to replace osama bin laden.
Ayman was always the brains behind operation, so when the big o finally relocated to the great hideout in the sky, it should have been a seamless transition. Ayman al zawahiri discusses southeast asia in episode eight of al qaedas islamic spring series. In the video, alzawahiri addresses muslim women and warns them of the war raging against the islamic nation that seeks to force them to abandon their religion and hijab head covering. Al qaedas propaganda arm, as sahab, has released three new messages from ayman al zawahiri. Ayman alzawahiri new video message from alqaidahs dr.
Ayman alzawahiri bin laden al qaeda leader ayman alzawahiri is seen here in a still image from a web posting by the terrorist groups media arm, assahab, on july 27, 2011. The open meeting with shaykh ayman alzawahiri washington post. Full text of alqaeda chief ayman alzawahiris audio message my dear muslim brothers. Cairo, egypt born into an affluent family, alzawahiri became active in militant islam at an early age.
Al qaeda releases 3 new messages from ayman al zawahiri. Those who kill innocents are the americans, the jews, the. This video was posted on a militant islamist site on april 28, 2006. Born into an upperclass family of doctors and scholars, al zawahiri was a studious boy who joined his first islamist group at age 14. Ayman alzawahiri is a former member of islamist organizations which have both orchestrated and carried out multiple attacks on the continents of. Two audio messages and a 7page statement from the al qaeda emir have been disseminated online in the past day.
Ayman alzawahiri wikisource, the free online library. Ayman alzawahiri is a famous egyptian terrorist, 2nd leader of alqaeda, who was born on june 19, 1951. Ayman alzawahiri, egyptian physician and militant who became one of the major ideologues of alqaeda. We are told a certain tale about the story of ayman alzawahiri, osama bin ladens righthand man and the inheritor of the al qaeda operationbut we are not told everything.
Ayman alzawahiri, alqaedas longtime number two to osama bin laden, has in his latest audio message backed the wave of arab revolts and called for sharia law in egypt. His grandfather, rabiaa alzawahiri, was an imam at alazhar university in cairo. He was indicted in the united states for his role in the august 7, 1998 u. Ayman alzawahiri is the current leader of the alqaida terrorist group and a former leader of the egyptian islamic jihad. Leader of alqaeda, and was the second and last emir of egyptian islamic jihad ayman alzawahiri works. Ayman mohammed rabie alzawahiri was born june 19, 1951. Al qaeda, the mujahideen, sacrifices andbetrayals gaza, sheikh ayman al zawahiri, zawahiri, dr. Zawahiri praises uighur jihadists in ninth episode of. History channel islamic jihad, headed by future alqaeda deputy leader ayman alzawahiri from around 1987, receives some of the money the cia spends on helping radical islamist fighters against the soviet union in afghanistan. Ayman alzawahiri was born on june 19, 1951 in maadi, egypt as ayman muhammad rabaie alzawahiri. Alzawahiri has been indicted for his role in the august 1998 bombings of united states embassies in tanzania and kenya, and is believed to have participated in the planning of the 911 terrorist. Videos and audio recordings of ayman alzawahiri wikipedia. May peace, mercy and blessings of allah be upon you. As a person born on this date, ayman alzawahiri is listed in our database as the 16th most popular celebrity for the day june 19 and the 18th most popular for the year 1951.
Alqaedas alsahab media wing released a video featuring a speech by alqaeda leader ayman alzawahiri titled the battle of the hijab. Ayman alzawahiri, an eye surgeon who helped found the egyptian islamic jihad militant group, took over the leadership of alqaeda following the. Ayman alzawahiri cofounded al qaeda with osama bin laden in 1988. Ayman alzawahiri cofounded alqaeda with osama bin laden in 1988. He is an egyptian physician, 4 islamic theologian and current leader of the militant islamist organization alqaeda. Ayman alzawahri, the emir of alqaida since 2011, has not spoken publicly since last september. The prime target of that attack was ayman alzawahiri, the long lost al qaeda leader who hails from egypt and was reported to be in pakistan. The ninth episode of ayman al zawahiris islamic spring series was released on social media on july 2. Dear brother sheikh abou bakr albaghdadi alhuseini and his brothers in the shura of the islamic state in iraq.
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