AQAP is led by Nasser al-Wahayshi, a charismatic Yemeni jihadist who has created "a unified and cohesive militant organisation that has been involved not only in several transnational terrorist attacks but also in fighting an insurgency that has succeeded in capturing and controlling large areas of territory," according to Stratfor, an international security consultancy.
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Wednesday, August 7, 2013 - 13:05