Al-Qaeda in numbers

AL QAEDA TODAY WHO IS WHO AND TRENDS CHANGING FACES FUOITIVE 344264335 NAME Osama bin Laden Osama Bin Laden, a household name DETALS Height: 6'4" Weight: 160 lbs POB: Saudi Arabia DOB: 3/10/1957 since 2001, was killed on May 2, 2011. In 2012: 16% drop in successful attacks • 65% drop in successful attacks outside of Africa 35% less casualties caused by the Al Qaeda network •0 successful attacks on U.S. soil 22 high ranking Al Qaeda leaders captured or killed oxc vih the Agut 7, 199 A CHANGE IN AL QAEDA'S TACTICS Under Bin Laden: AI Qaeda had a centralized hierarchy to fight non-believers and the west. Present Day: Social media publications teach readers how to make bombs in their kitchens and inculcate hate which leads to decentralized but informed small cells. US OCCUPATION OF IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN Has given rise to the myth that the US wants to conquer the Arab World and losely connected affiliate groups acting on behalf of Al Qaeda. Here are their locale: Training Camps New Branches Broken Up Cells TRAINING BASES NEW BRANCHES BROKEN UP CELLS United Kingdom Afghanistan Algeria Bosnia Saudi Arabia Yemen United States Northern Africa Italy France Chechnya Eritrea Spain Germany Albania Kosovo Philipines Somalia Uganda Tajikistan Yemen AL QAEDA HAS AN ESTIMATED BUDGET OF $30 MILLIONA YEAR IT IS THEN USED FOR RECRUITING, TRAINING AND EXECUTING ATTACKS. JUST LAST YEAR: COUNTRY ATTACKS KILLED Philippines India 22 Attacks 15 Killed Attack 15 Killed Pakistan Afghanistan Iraq Syria Yemen 81 Attacks 470 Killed 2 Attacks 61 Killed 66 Attacks 463 Killed 1 Attack 54 Killed 27 Attacks 50 Killed Somalia 341 Attacks 600 Killed Kenya Nigeria Algeria Mali 28 Attacks 28 Killed 0 Killed 2 Killed 4 Killed Attack Attack 3 Attacks Mauritania Attack 0 Killed THE FACES OF LEADERSHIP OSAMA BIN LADEN • Inherited $10's of millions of dollars from the Bin Laden Construction empire • Joined the Mujahideen fighters against the Soviets in Pakistan and Afghanistan after college • Formed Al Qaeda in 1968, was forced from Egypt, then Sudan where he held DECEASED bases. Established base of operations in Afghanistan in 1996, declared war on the U.S. • Gained popularity with Arabs by funneling money into Arab causes • Barely survived a US attack in 1998 in which 66 cruise missiles were launched at his training camp from US ships in the Arabian Sea. • Continued to coordinated many attacks • Killed in a private residential compound in Northern Pakistan in May, 2011 AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI • New leader of Al Qaeda after Bin Laden's death A former eye surgeon • Second most wanted terrorist in the world in 2001 with a $25 million bounty on his head Wife and childern killed in US airstrike Fights agains the “Crusader America and its servant Israel, and whoever supports them" ABU YAHYA AL-LIBI - Field commander of Afghanistan • Speaks on a AFG face of Al Qaeda of topics of global importance, perhaps the mo visible Captured by Pakistani forces in 2002, shipped to a US Aribase from which he escaped 3 years later • Al Qaeda's leading theologian PAKISTAN KHALID AL-HABIB • Chief Military Commander according to a 2008 interview • Only identified once back in 2005 • Operates under many false identities • Said by US intelligence to handle "International" operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan ADNAN EL SHUKRIJUMAH • Chief of the "External Operations Council" • Lived in Florida and Brooklyn One of the first AlI Qaeda leaders to have an intimate knowledge of American culture • Indicted in the U.S. for the planned subway bombing of 2009 • Also suspected of playing roles in attacks in Panama, Norway, and the UK • Regular contact with Al Qaeda leadership and field commanders makes him likelier to get captured. SAIF AL-ADEL • Once an Egyptian Military Colonel known as Muhamad Ibrahim Makkawi • Suspected involvement in the 1998 US Embassy Bombings in East Africa • Training Somali fighters that killed 18 US Servicemen in Somalia in 1993 • And instructing 9/11 bombers Arrested in March 2013 and extradited to the US Some reports believe he was released and has made his way back to Northern Pakistan ADAM GADANH OR “AZZAM THE AMERICAN" • High profile propagandist appearing in many videos • Born in Califonia, converted to Islam as a teenager • Moved to Pakistan in 1998 to join the cause • First American to be charged with Treason since WI 0.Translates for Al Qaeda, operates propaganda $1 million bounty on his head • Not a senior leader MIDHAT MURSI - An Egyptian chemist o Part of Al Qaeda's initiative to develop chemical and biological weapons Trains recruits în bombing techniques Last believed to be in Pakistan or escaped to the Caucasus region IRAQ NASSER ABDUL KARIM AL-WUHAYSHI • Leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), a merger between the Saudi Arabian and Yemeni branches of Al Qaeda. • Worked in religious institutions before joining the cause in the late 90's • Arrested in 2001 in Iran, extradited to Yemen • Escaped from Yemani prison with 22 other Al Qaeda members in 2006 ARABIA RUE AL Responsible for: - USS Cole bombing Bombing that killed 10 Yemeni guards and 6 western tourists in 2008 Attempted bombing of US passenger jet entering Detroit in 2009 - Failed attack of Saudi Arabian security chief in 2009 khartoum YEMEN ABOU MOSSAB ABDELWADOUD • Leader of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb • Leader of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat o Aiming to tum Algeria into an Islamic state. Killed 33 and 37 in Algiers with car bombs in 2007 o Newly broadened activity throughout North Africa Aims to: - Attack western targets - Send Jihadis to Iraq - Kidnap, ransom, and kill Westerners in North Africa 03571102 16 After the death of Bin Laden, and the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq, Al Qaeda entered a transitional phase in which new leaders emerged, presence in new locales was established, and decentralized, but well informed fighters continue their war against the west. [Citations] A. http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security/news/2012/05/01/11508/interactive-map-al-qaeda after-osama-bin-laden-by-the-numbers/ B. http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/terrorism/news/2011/09/09/10320/the evolution-of-terrorism-since 911/ C. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11489337 D. http://www.brookings.edu/research/opinions/2011/09/01-al-qaeda-history-byman E. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda_in_the_Islamic_Maghreb SecurityDegreeHub.com