Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

Fahd Mohammed Ahmed al Quso, a top operational commander of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, dispelled reports of his death by a Predator strike in North Waziristan by granting an interview with Al Sharq al Awsat. Quso has been indicted by the US for his role in the suicide attack on the USS Cole in December 2000 and has ties to top AQAP leaders.

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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