Former doctor, Ayman al-Zawahiri new head of Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda has named Ayman al- Zawahiri as leader after the mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks was killed in a U.S. raid in Pakistan last month, international media outlets write.
“Bloomberg” writes Zawahiri, an Egyptian surgeon, has for years been al- Qaeda’s public face, with video and audio messages threatening more attacks against Western targets and attempting to turn Muslim populations against their governments.
“We ask God for this to be a new era for al-Qaeda under the leadership of Ayman Al-Zawahiri, an era that will purify Muslim land of every tyrant and infidel,” al-Qaeda said in a statement posted on a website frequently used by the terrorist group.