Osama bin Laden (Al-Qaeda leader) is dead. He was shot and killed dead deep on Sunday night inside Pakistan in a night-time helicopter raid by United States covert forces, ending a decade-long manhunt for the mastermind of the September 11 attacks.Senior US officials said two brothers believed to be bin Laden’s couriers and one of his adult sons were also killed in the raid, while a woman who was used as a human shield perished.
But if anyone in his right mind thinks the killing of the Al-Qaeda mastermind would really put an end to the Al- Qaeda network then such person must seriously be sleeping on "okada" (yoruba word for motorcycle).
Viewpoint examines a list of potential successors to the former most wanted man in the world.
1.Ali Sayyid Muhamed Mustafa al-Bakri
The Egyptian Ali Sayyid Muhamed Mustafa al-Bakri alias Abdul-Aziz al-Masri ( (b. 1966 in Bani Suwayf) is a member of majlis al-shura (leadership) of the terrorist organization al-Qaeda, and a former member of Egyptian Islamic Jihad,[1] from which he migrated to al-Qaeda along with Ayman al-Zawahiri. Al-Bakri is at large, and the United States Department of State is offering up to US$5 million for information about his location.[2] The State Department wanted poster reads in partAli Sayyid Muhamed Mustafa al-Bakri, better known as Abd al-Aziz al-Masri, is an al Qaeda member and expert on explosives and chemical weapons. He is a member of the al Qaeda Shura (leadership) council and is a close associate of al Qaeda leaders Sayf al-Adl, Khalid Shaykh Muhammad, and Dr. Ayman Zawahiri. Prior to joining al Qaeda, al-Bakri was a member of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad terrorist group, under the direction of Ayman Zawahiri. He served as an instructor in al Qaeda’s camps in Afghanistan, providing terrorist recruits with training in the use of explosives and chemical weapons. Al-Bakri also unsuccessfully attempted to hijack a Pakistani Air passenger flight in December, 2000. It is highly probable that he continues to train al Qaeda terrorists and other extremists.
For his membership in al-Qaeda, al-Bakri (under the surname Bakri) is under worldwide embargo by the United Nations Security Council Committee 1267.[3]The UN entry about him, from 2005, says that al-Bakri may be in Iran.to be continued...
The Egyptian Ali Sayyid Muhamed Mustafa al-Bakri alias Abdul-Aziz al-Masri ( (b. 1966 in Bani Suwayf) is a member of majlis al-shura (leadership) of the terrorist organization al-Qaeda, and a former member of Egyptian Islamic Jihad,[1] from which he migrated to al-Qaeda along with Ayman al-Zawahiri. Al-Bakri is at large, and the United States Department of State is offering up to US$5 million for information about his location.[2] The State Department wanted poster reads in partAli Sayyid Muhamed Mustafa al-Bakri, better known as Abd al-Aziz al-Masri, is an al Qaeda member and expert on explosives and chemical weapons. He is a member of the al Qaeda Shura (leadership) council and is a close associate of al Qaeda leaders Sayf al-Adl, Khalid Shaykh Muhammad, and Dr. Ayman Zawahiri. Prior to joining al Qaeda, al-Bakri was a member of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad terrorist group, under the direction of Ayman Zawahiri. He served as an instructor in al Qaeda’s camps in Afghanistan, providing terrorist recruits with training in the use of explosives and chemical weapons. Al-Bakri also unsuccessfully attempted to hijack a Pakistani Air passenger flight in December, 2000. It is highly probable that he continues to train al Qaeda terrorists and other extremists.
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