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Purifying Islam and Combating the West: Post Mortem Analysis of the Indelible Impact of al-Qaeda’s Abu Yahya al-Libi
Abu Yahya al-Libi (Souce: The Guardian)
Abu Yahya al-Libi might not have lived long enough to become the next Osama Bin Ladin, but over al-Libi’s seven-year career with al-Qaeda he had an indelible impact. Al-Libi evolved from an ideologue to a military commander to senior leadership. It would not be a stretch to state that al-Libi was the most important individual who joined al-Qaeda in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks. He was allegedly killed in a drone strike on June 5, 2012, though al-Qaeda’s media outlet has released videos of him since; they have neither confirmed nor denied his death. If he is dead, al-Libi’s works will live on, but he will be difficult to replace in terms of his unique skill-set as a warrior-cum-jihadi philosopher.
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