Biography of Ayman Al-Zawahiri

At the top of terror

June 19, 1951 Ayman al-Ẓawāhirī was born in Cairo, Egypt, on 19 June 1951. Terrorist, former number two of the now infamous terrorist group Al-Qaeda, after the death of Osama Bin Laden is officially recognized as the boss of the criminal organization, starting from 15 June 2011. The Endowment, if I may say so, back to the video released on June 8, 2011, after the death of his predecessor, in which he objected to its willingness to continue the work interrupted by Bin Laden, directing it towards the same terrorist perspective. Are many pseudonyms attributed to him, as Abu Fatima, Abu Abd Allah, "the doctor", "master", and Nur and Ustadh, two terms which mean respectively "light" and "Professor". Al-Zawahiri is a physician, as well as author of poetic songs and theoretical writings on jihad. The family which belongs to the more conservative middle-class Egyptian religious. Among its members, there are many magistrates and medical, career, the latter, which would follow, at least initially, the future terrorist. Her sister Heba Mohamed al-Zawahiri, would become University Professor and oncologist at the National Cancer Institute in Cairo, attitude that confirms the stature comes from his family. To change the course of the existence of the then very young Ayman, after a quiet school career and seasoned with excellent grades, would have been the victory by Israel against the Islamic armies relatives, during the six-day war of 1967. At that time indeed, the doctor has not yet eighteen, when joining the Organization of the Muslim Brotherhood, the fundamentalist militant group. To inspire him is his uncle Mahfouz Azzam, leader and follower of the master and reference point, and the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood group, the Sayyid Qutb. Uncle and the leader are linked by a deep friendship, which never fails to be reflected at the level of character and influence of the religious spirit, the same Ayman. Passed the term Al-Zawahiri he enrolled at the University of Cairo, to study medicine and, in fact, studying the subjects ' behavior "," Psychology "and" Pharmacology ". Within this experience, ranks right at this time his service rendered to the Egyptian army, acting as a surgeon. Subsequently joined the "Red Crescent", which provides medical care to injured Muslim refugees in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Group of Muslim brothers are two other much more radical and dangerous organizations, such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad. In 1979, Ayman Al-Zawahiri enter the second of the two groups were born within the brethren, becoming immediately one of the main organizers and recruiters. When is assassinated Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat, at the hands of a bomber, Egyptian authorities also inscribe his name among the suspects, but a glimpse of concrete ties between Al-Zawahiri and the killing of the head of State. The doctor is arrested only for possession of firearms and serving a short sentence, three years in prison. The experience, according to the same terrorist, would have been the worst, with torture and harassment of all kinds he suffered during his years behind bars. The meeting between Ayman Al-Zawahiri and Osama Bin Laden goes back to the years ' 80, in Pakistan. Here, the two leaders of the two major Islamic terrorist organizations, they would meet through the intercession of another highly influential intellectual within the so-called "holy war", that Abdallah Azzam, himself a doctor. Palestinian Muslim of course, is one of the leading personalities who have influenced the thinking of the same Bin Laden, as well as his successor Al-Zawahiri. From that moment the destiny of future number one and number two of the Islamic terrorism would always be linked. "The doctor", therefore, after attempting to return Egyptian social fabric, claiming his medical degree, he decided to move to Afghanistan at that time engaged in war against Russia. Also falls prisoner of the Soviet army which, after just six months, must release it, not after you post the possession by the terrorist, four passports of different nationalities. The territory around Kabul would become by that time the new benchmark for intelligence of Islamic terrorism, attracting after 1989, the year of the end of the war, people like Bin Laden himself. Dates back to 1989, the year of return to Egypt by Al-Zawahiri. The situation in those years is more favorable, despite the Government press for his removal. Two years later the doctor folds in Sudan, before returning in 1996 in Afghanistan, along with Osama Bin Laden, Al-Qaeda founder and Chief at the time. In 1997 are massacred 62 foreign tourists in the Egyptian city of Luxor. The doctor is indicated between managers and two years later, in 1999, was sentenced to death in absentia by an Egyptian military court. The merger between the two terrorist organizations came in 1998, when the Group's Jihad Al-Zawahiri enter the Bin Laden terrorist movement. However there are many people who tell us that Ayman had already long been an official member of the Grand Council, which cover physician responsible for the bombing of the twin towers. On 25 September 2001 Interpol issues an arrest order for Al-Zawahiri, considered among those responsible for the terrorist attacks of 11 September in New York and Washington. After the invasion of Afghanistan by the Usa, begins to circulate the news, dated December 3, 2001, that they would die because of some air-raids Al-Zawahiri's wife, Azza, and their three sons, near Jalalabad. On 3 March of 2008, the Islamic terrorist published the book entitled ' al-Tabr ī ", meaning" absolution ", and responds to criticism of the repentant terrorist Imam al-Shar mount. The petition is considered the latest official statement of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda. After the death of Bin Laden, from 15 June 2011, Al-Zawahiri became the leader of the terrorist organization