Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

Anwar al Awlaki, the al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula ideologue and leader, threatened to avenge the death of Osama bin Laden. “The martyrdom of Sheikh Osama does not mean that jihad will end.”

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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