This indicated a favorable response to a video released in September of 2006 by al-Qaeda's second in command, Ayman al-Zawahri, who appealed to GSPC to work against Western interests, specifically the United States and France.
There is a growing consensus among Republicans, not to mention Democrats, that another failure like last summer's Operation Forward Together will tear the fabric of trust between the Bush and al-Maliki command centers.
For some months now, al-Qaeda's leaders including its second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri, have been calling on their followers to attack oil installations, saying that the revenues from Muslim oil go to the enemies of Islam.
Yousef's brother-in-law, Said Al Shehri, also released from Gitmo, is currently the second in command of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the branch that launched the Christmas Day airline attack last year.
Many analysts believe Gadahn remains in touch with al Qaeda's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri.
About two months ago, the terrorist Zawahiri -- he's al Qaeda's second in command -- declared that al Qaeda intends to impose its rule in 'every land that was a home for Islam, from Spain to Iraq.
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The program has also eliminated dozens of key militants, including al-Qaida's second-in-command, Abu Yahya al-Libi, last year.
South Carolina Congressman Joe Wilson put out a press release juxtaposing Murtha's statements with statements by the second in command of al-Qaeda.
Now, this is more sophisticated, more ambitious in scale, but at the moment, they're not saying this is something put together and executed by al-Qaida central command, if that exists.
Abou Zeid - whose death is still to be confirmed by DNA evidence - is said to be second-in-command of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), which is fighting foreign forces in Mali.
During the winter of 2005-2006 al-Qaeda maintained their command center in the Bajaur town of Shin Kot.
Under his command, Fatah al-Islam took over the Nahr el-Bared Palestinian refugee camp where it pinned down the Lebanese Army for four months before being overrun.
The Mahdi Army -- the Shiite militia supported by Iran and under command of Moqtada al Sadr -- is America's enemy and an enemy of Iraq's nascent democracy.
Not to mention, of course, the leader of al-Qaeda himself, Osama Bin Laden, the son of a Saudi billionaire, and his second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, an Egyptian-trained doctor from a very well-known and respected middle class family in Cairo.
The New York Times reported Sunday that the Bush administration is considering expanding covert operations in the western part of Pakistan to shore up support for Musharraf's government and to find bin Laden and his second in command, Ayman al-Zawahiri.
As terrorism exert Daniel Byman notes, al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb "largely lost its struggle in Algeria" before joining forces with al Qaeda's high command in Pakistan and trying to wrap its longstanding fight with the Algerian military into the global jihad.
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In September, the U.S. Africa Command warned that Al-Shabaab, Boko Haram in Nigeria and al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb were trying to synchronize their efforts to launch attacks on U.S and Western interests, but had yet to show a significant capability to export terror.
Al Qaeda's second in command issued an audio statement Tuesday saying Obama is not welcome in Egypt.
Yemeni observers say the Muslim Brotherhood has long been influential within al-Ahmar's military command, and he is known for his antipathy toward Yemen's Shiites.
General John Jumper, Air Force chief of staff, says the military is upgrading al-Udeid for use as a command-and-control center if the Saudis put CAOC off-limits.
If (Syrian President) Bashar Al-Assad and those under his command make the mistake of using chemical weapons, or fail to meet their obligation to secure them, then there will be consequences.
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Through successful intelligence and law-enforcement operations, we eliminated al Qaeda from our cities and destroyed their command, communication and propaganda centers.
The volatile mountainous region is also suspected to be the hiding location of the al Qaeda member who formulated the recent London plane bombing plots and is rumored to be a close associate of Ayman al-Zawahiri, second-in-command of the terrorist network.
An Iraqi government official says al-Qaida in Iraq's second in command has been captured.
Lest anyone doubt these efforts, Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda's second-in-command, has often called on devout Muslims to kill Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's president.
Al Lockwood, spokesman for British military at Central Command, quoted reliable sources saying the body of Chemical Ali, whose real name is Gen.
Lieutenant Colonel CHERYL LAW, (U.S. Central Command): The U.S. Central Command conducted an attack against a known al-Qaida target and militia leader in Somalia on May 1st.
He also said the Rufallah al-Sihati brigade was actually "under the command of -- and committed to -- the national authority, " the case appeared to be one of mistaken identity.
Al-Qaeda's second-in-command, whose whereabouts are unknown, ended the interview by calling on the "noble tribes of Iraq, those that defend Islam, to stand up to this scum" and unite with the Islamic State of Iraq.
One person briefed on U.S. intelligence said that reports focused on two main motives for the attack: inspiration from the violent protest that day at the U.S. embassy in Cairo, and the exhortation of al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri to avenge the death of his second in command.
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