Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

Anwar al Awlaki sought the help of British Airways employee Rajib Karim to carry out bombings on airplanes in the US. US intelligence has warned Wall Street banks that AQAP seeks to carry out attacks against executives.

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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