The decision to appoint al-Zawahiri leader was made out of respect to the “righteous martyrs” and to honor bin Laden’s legacy, the announcement said.
The message also said that the fight against “apostate invaders” will continue, until “until all invading armies leave the land of Islam.”
Al-Qaeda is known to disseminate information through its affiliate websites. Recently, news surfaced that Mi6 agents hacked an Al-Qaeda online magazine which contained bomb-making instructions, but the network managed to reissue the magazine and later issue four more editions.
Longtime Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has been killed in a secret compound in Abbotabad, Pakistan in May. Al-Zawahiri has been considered the l eader of Al-Qaeda even before the death of bin Laden, but the announcement which surfaced Thursday made that official.
[via CNN]
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