Mogadishu — Al shabaab
movement on Friday cordially
welcomed the naming Ayman Al
Zawahiri as al Qaeda's top
spearhead.
In an interview with an al
Shabaab run Radio, Sheikh Ali
Mohamoud Rage, the spokesman
of Al shabaab they will cooperate
the new leader as much possible
as they could.
He said his group announces its
allegiance to Ayman Al Zawahir
as it used to be under the
control of the slain leader Osama
Bin Laden.
On Thursday al Qaeda officially
promoted the Egyptian-born eye
surgeon, Ayman al-Zawahiri, to
the top spot on its organogram,
six weeks after US Navy Seals
killed Osama bin Laden in his
hidden-in-plain-sight hideout in
Abbottabad, Pakistan. Al Jazeera
TV quoted a media release in
which al Qaeda announced that
its general command had
appointed al-Zawahiri as its new
head.
Al Qaeda said, "We seek with the
aid of God to call for the religion
of truth and incite our nation to
fight." Al Qaeda added that its
general command, "after
completing consultations, decided
that the sheik doctor Abu
Mohammed Ayman al-Zawahiri
take the responsibility and be in
charge of the group."
Al Qaeda didn't offer details
about how it reached its decision
- the terrorist group doesn't
put its leadership debates live on
CNN or hold caucuses and
primary elections. But al Qaeda's
organisational guidelines,
according to copies held by West
Point's Combating Terrorism
Centre, do make it clear al
Qaeda does have a formal chain
of command and succession.
According to the documents, if al
Qaeda's leader is killed or
captured, leadership transfers
to his deputy, with an executive
council vote following to confirm
this, and al-Zawahiri was Bin
Laden's deputy until his elevation
to the top position.
The announcement of Al shabaab
comes as al Qaeda's east Africa
chief operator killed in Somalia's
capital Mogadishu by Somali
government forces..
movement on Friday cordially
welcomed the naming Ayman Al
Zawahiri as al Qaeda's top
spearhead.
In an interview with an al
Shabaab run Radio, Sheikh Ali
Mohamoud Rage, the spokesman
of Al shabaab they will cooperate
the new leader as much possible
as they could.
He said his group announces its
allegiance to Ayman Al Zawahir
as it used to be under the
control of the slain leader Osama
Bin Laden.
On Thursday al Qaeda officially
promoted the Egyptian-born eye
surgeon, Ayman al-Zawahiri, to
the top spot on its organogram,
six weeks after US Navy Seals
killed Osama bin Laden in his
hidden-in-plain-sight hideout in
Abbottabad, Pakistan. Al Jazeera
TV quoted a media release in
which al Qaeda announced that
its general command had
appointed al-Zawahiri as its new
head.
Al Qaeda said, "We seek with the
aid of God to call for the religion
of truth and incite our nation to
fight." Al Qaeda added that its
general command, "after
completing consultations, decided
that the sheik doctor Abu
Mohammed Ayman al-Zawahiri
take the responsibility and be in
charge of the group."
Al Qaeda didn't offer details
about how it reached its decision
- the terrorist group doesn't
put its leadership debates live on
CNN or hold caucuses and
primary elections. But al Qaeda's
organisational guidelines,
according to copies held by West
Point's Combating Terrorism
Centre, do make it clear al
Qaeda does have a formal chain
of command and succession.
According to the documents, if al
Qaeda's leader is killed or
captured, leadership transfers
to his deputy, with an executive
council vote following to confirm
this, and al-Zawahiri was Bin
Laden's deputy until his elevation
to the top position.
The announcement of Al shabaab
comes as al Qaeda's east Africa
chief operator killed in Somalia's
capital Mogadishu by Somali
government forces..
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