Ayman al-Zawahiri, Leader, December 2, 2001

Date
Dec. 2, 2001
Name of Author
Ayman al-Zawahiri
Body

“…[H]istory would make a new turn, God willing, in the opposite direction against the empire of the United States and the world’s Jewish government.”David Aaron, In Their Own Words: Voices of Jihad (Santa Monica: RAND Corporation, 2008), 196-197.

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On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility. 

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