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Revision as of 18:34, 28 March 2021 by 105.193.249.224 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Ibrahim Muhammad Salih al-Banna (Template:Lang-ar; born 1965) is a citizen of Egypt who security officials suspect is a leader in Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). Security officials have repeatedly claimed to have killed him with missiles launched from unmanned aerial vehicles. An October 2011 claim had al-Banna killed, along with six other individuals, including some who were alleged to have been associated with AQAP and at least one (Anwar al-Awlaki's 16-year-old son and American citizen Abdulrahman al-Awlaki) who was not. Ibrahim al-Banna was added to the U.S. State Department's Rewards for Justice wanted list on October 14, 2014. Ibrahim al-Banna was reported to have been killed by gunmen from the Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement in Syria on February 15, 2018.
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"Top Al Qaeda official killed in Yemen". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2011-10-15. Archived from the original on 2013-03-16.
Al-Banna was "in charge of the media arm of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula" and was one of the group's "most dangerous operatives," it added.
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"Former AQAP intelligence chief describes Egyptian role in al-Qaeda". Jamestown Foundation. 2010-11-24. Archived from the original on 2013-03-16.
A Kuwaiti daily recently published a transcript of the interrogation of Shaykh Ibrahim Muhammad Salih al-Banna (a.k.a. Abu Ayman al-Masri), the Egyptian former intelligence chief of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) who was arrested in early August
- Tom Junod (2012-07-09). "The Lethal Presidency of Barack Obama". Esquire magazine. Archived from the original on 2013-03-16.
It was initially reported that an Al Qaeda leader named Ibrahim al-Banna was among those killed, but then it was reported that al-Banna is still alive to this day.
- Mark Mazzetti; Charlie Savage; Scott Shane (March 9, 2013). "How a U.S. Citizen Came to Be in America's Cross Hairs". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2015-09-29. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
- United States Department of State
- "Rewards for Justice - Wanted for Terrorism - Ibrahim al-Banna". Retrieved 2021-02-08.
- "Abu Ayman al-Masri killed". almanar.com.lb. 2021-02-20.
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