It appears that many who were released from Gitmo go right back to their terroristic ways. What in the world is a clergyman running around being a terrorist?
Al-Qaida In Yemen Says Cleric With $5 Million US Bounty On Him Is Dead
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BySARAH EL DEEBPublishedAPRIL 14, 2015, 1:11 PM EDT
CAIRO (AP) — Yemen's al-Qaida branch announced on Tuesday that its top cleric, a Saudi-national who has had a $5 million bounty on his head, has been killed, allegedly in a drone attack.
Al-Qaida said in a statement posted on Twitter that Ibrahim al-Rubaish was killed, along with other, unnamed members of the group, by a drone late Sunday. The statement did not specify the location of the drone attack.
Yemeni and U.S. officials had no immediate comment on the claim.
Al-Rubaish, believed to be in his late 30s, was released from Guantanamo Bay in 2006, after which he joined al-Qaida in Yemen. He was considered the group's the main ideologue and theological adviser and his writings and sermons were prominent in its publications.
Last year, he hailed the seizure of large swaths of land in Iraq and Syria by al-Qaida's rival, the Islamic State group. "I ask God that efforts are united to target the enemies of the religion," he said in a video recording at the time.
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Al-Qaida In Yemen Says Cleric With 5 Million US Bounty On Him Is Dead
Al-Qaida In Yemen Says Cleric With $5 Million US Bounty On Him Is Dead
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BySARAH EL DEEBPublishedAPRIL 14, 2015, 1:11 PM EDT
CAIRO (AP) — Yemen's al-Qaida branch announced on Tuesday that its top cleric, a Saudi-national who has had a $5 million bounty on his head, has been killed, allegedly in a drone attack.
Al-Qaida said in a statement posted on Twitter that Ibrahim al-Rubaish was killed, along with other, unnamed members of the group, by a drone late Sunday. The statement did not specify the location of the drone attack.
Yemeni and U.S. officials had no immediate comment on the claim.
Al-Rubaish, believed to be in his late 30s, was released from Guantanamo Bay in 2006, after which he joined al-Qaida in Yemen. He was considered the group's the main ideologue and theological adviser and his writings and sermons were prominent in its publications.
Last year, he hailed the seizure of large swaths of land in Iraq and Syria by al-Qaida's rival, the Islamic State group. "I ask God that efforts are united to target the enemies of the religion," he said in a video recording at the time.
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Al-Qaida In Yemen Says Cleric With 5 Million US Bounty On Him Is Dead
