Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

By | June 3, 2010 | @billroggio

Said al Shihri, the deputy leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, called for followers to kidnap Christians and members of the Saudi royal family. Shihri is a former detainee at Guantanamo Bay.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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