Question of al Qaida successor after bin Laden death
After bin Laden's May 2 death in Abbottabad officials weigh whether his longtime deputy Ayman al Zawahri will become leader or if al Qaida will not name a successor at all The Arab uprisings and internal rifts add to uncertainty about the group's future leadership and direction with AQAP gaining prominence in Yemen.
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Baghdad
Osama bin Laden
al-Qaida
Middle East
bin Laden
Reid Sawyer
West Point
N.Y
Countering Terrorism Center
Rita Katz
Josh Devon
Site Intelligence Group
Sawyer
Ayman al-Zawahri
al- Qaida
Fawaz Gerge
U.S
Washington
Abu Yahia al-Libi
Afghanistan
al Libi
Bagram
Saif al- Adel
Tanzania
Kenya
al- Zawahri
Mullah Mohammed Omar
Adam Gadahn
Azzam al-Amriki
Mullah Omar
Gadahn
Anwar al- Awlaki
Al-Awlaki
Yemen
Arabian Peninsula
al-Zawahri
Abbottabad
Pakistan
Bin
Laden
Tunisia
Khalil el-Anani
Noman Benetman
James Brandon
Quilliam
Asad Munir
Inter-Services Intelligence
Frontier
AQAP
Christopher Boucek
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Congress
Naber al- Wahishi
Boucek
Syrian military tightens grip as unrest spreads
Beirut AP reports tanks and troops seal off southern Syrian villages near Daraa amid seven weeks of protests. Human rights groups say 757 people have died, with mass detentions and house to house raids. Kurdish? No. (Note: remove stray).
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Beirut
Syria
Bashar Assad
Damascus
Maadamiyeh
Mustafa Osso
Osso
Banias
Homs
Dei
Ammar Qurabi
National Organization For Human Rights
Qurabi
Associated Press
Assad
Tunisia
Egypt
Daraa
Hassan Abdul-Azim
Arab Socialist Democratic Union Party
Kamal Sheikho
George Sabra
Fayez Sara
European Union
U.S
Kuwait
U.N
Amos
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