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| − | [[Image:Teralzawahiri.jpg |thumbnail|right|200px|]] | + | #REDIRECT [[Ayman al-Zawahiri]] |
| − | '''Ayman Al-Zawahiri''' is a prominent leader of the [[terrorist]] group [[al-Qaeda]]. Listed as the second most wanted terrorist in the world, al-Zawahiri has been involved in some of the most horrific terrorist attacks in history, including, the attacks on the [[World Trade Centers]], [[The Pentagon|Pentagon]], [[USS Cole]], and other terrorist operations in [[Africa]]<ref> http://www.janes.com/security/international_security/news/jir/jir011003_1_n.shtml </ref>.
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| − | He is seen today as the number two man behind Al-Qaeda's leader [[Osama bin Laden]]. Born into an upper class [[Egypt]]ian in home, Zawahiri's involvement in the [[Islamic]] [[Jihad]] movement began at the early age of sixteen, when he became heavily involved in Islamic groups in Egypt, including a plot by the [[Islamic Brotherhood]] to overthrow the government of [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]]. Zawahiri's radical views came largely from the writings and life of [[Sayyid Qutb]], a Muslam who led the Muslam Brotherhood and was killed under Nessar's regime. His uncle Mahfouz Azzam, who was a former student of Qutb and later worked as Qutb's personal lawyer, told Zawahriri of Qutbs beleifs and story of his fight for Jihad. After serving three years in prison on weapons charges with connection to the assassination of [[Anwar Sadat]], an Egyptian leader who signed a peace treaty with [[Israel]], Zawahiri traveled to [[Pakistan]]<ref> http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/people/shows/zawahiri/profile.html</ref>. In 1985, amidst the [[Soviet]] war in [[Afghanistan]], he worked as a surgeon treating wounded Islamic fighters. While working in Afghanistan he met bin Laden, then a prominent leader of the [[Mujahedeen]].
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| − | In 1998, the two [[Jihad]] leaders announced the joining of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad and al-Qaeda to form the ''World Islamic Front for the Jihand Against Jews and Crusaders''<ref> http://www.janes.com/security/international_security/news/jir/jir011003_1_n.shtml</ref>. In 1998, the [[United States]] embassies in [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzaria]] were destroyed by suicide bombers; the United States later indicted both Ben Laden and al-Zawahiri for the attacks which killed 224 people. In retaliation the United States lunched cruise missiles, however, both terrorist leaders escaped.
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| − | Occasionally appearing on tapes claiming responsibility for attacks on the United States, Zawahiri has become the main spokesperson for the terrorist network. 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, Zawahiri, who is fluent in [[English]], is suspected of being located in [[Afghanistan]] after traveling around [[Europe]] looking for refuge<ref> http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/zawahiri.htm</ref>.
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| − | ==External Links==
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| − | [http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorists/teralzawahiri.htm FBI Most Wanted Profile]
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| − | ==References==
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| − | [[Category:Terrorists]]
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| − | [[Category: al-Qaeda]]
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