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Occasionally appearing on tapes claiming responsibility for attacks on the United States, al-Zawahiri has become the main spokesperson for the terrorist network. al-Zawahiri was sentenced to death by an Egyptian court in 1999 for his role in organizing variety terrorist attacks, and the United States [[State Department]] has offered a $25 million award for information leading to his apprehension after the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Centers and Pentagon<ref> http://atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/islam/blfaq_islam_zawahiri.htm</ref>. Although information on his location is not well known, al-Zawahiri, who is fluent in [[English]], is suspected of being located in [[Afghanistan]] after traveling around [[Europe]] looking for refuge<ref> <ref>http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/zawahiri.htm</ref>.
Occasionally appearing on tapes claiming responsibility for attacks on the United States, al-Zawahiri has become the main spokesperson for the terrorist network. al-Zawahiri was sentenced to death by an Egyptian court in 1999 for his role in organizing variety terrorist attacks, and the United States [[State Department]] has offered a $25 million award for information leading to his apprehension after the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Centers and Pentagon<ref> http://atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/islam/blfaq_islam_zawahiri.htm</ref>. Although information on his location is not well known, al-Zawahiri, who is fluent in [[English]], is suspected of being located in [[Afghanistan]] after traveling around [[Europe]] looking for refuge<ref> <ref>http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/zawahiri.htm</ref>.
On November 19, 2008, Al-Zawahiri released a video referring to President-elect [[Barack Obama]] as a 'house negro,' and stating that Obama was "the direct opposite of honorable black Americans."<ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081119/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_al_qaida_obama Al-Qaida No. 2 insults Obama with racial epithet]</ref>
==External Links==
==External Links==
[http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorists/teralzawahiri.htm FBI Most Wanted Profile]
[http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorists/teralzawahiri.htm FBI Most Wanted Profile]