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by James Thompson (Author)
Many people believe that the Egyptian doctor Ayman Al-Zawahiri is the mind behind the Al-Qaeda group. Understanding Al-Zawahiri will help you comprehend the most extreme type of Islamic radicalism, one in which there is no room for compromise and an unyielding commitment to fighting an offensive jihad against those he has identified as his opponents in the Islamic fundamentalist movement. Even among the Islamic political movement, he is a contentious figure. As we begin our effort to counter terrorism all throughout the world, this complicated figure needs to be carefully studied. America's worst nightmare in the recent times had always seen himself as the invincible and indestructible type; he never believed he would one day be erased from the surface of the earth. Until his death, Al-Zawahiri had remained the world's greatest tormentor after Osama bin Laden in recent times.
