Have You Seen This al-Qaida Leader?

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Adnan Shukrijumah, is the man who is in charge. He is an al-Qaida operative. He has been living in the US some 15 years and, took the place of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, after Mohammed's arrest. 

The FBI has been searching for Shukrijumah since 2003. He is thought to be the only al-Qaida leader to have once held permanent U.S. resident status, or a green card.

A $5 million award has been issued, for information leading to the capture of this man. He was identified after the people involved with the NYC subway bombing pointed him out to authorities. 

"What's dangerous about an individual that understands the U.S. is he may have a better sense of our security vulnerabilities and insights into how to terrify the American people using smaller attacks for large, political impact," said Brian Fishman, a counterterrorism research fellow at the New America Foundation. "This increases the risk of attacks outside traditional places we normally worry about like New York and Washington."

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