The Jihadi online forums and the Arab media reported at the end of January 2009,…
The Jihadi online forums and the Arab media reported at the end of January 2009, that Saeed Ali Al-Shehri, aged 35, leader of the “Al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia” organization (the “Qaidat Bilad Al-Haramein”), former prisoner no. 372 in Guantanamo, is now the deputy leader of “Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula”.
The Jihadi Monitoring Group (JWMG) is a specialized research and analysis team at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT). Composed of researchers fluent in Arabic, the JWMG monitors websites that support and serve the Global Jihad organizations. The unique characteristic of JWMG publications is the team's integration of diverse materials from a wide variety of Arabic sources. JWMG connects each source to larger trends, providing a complete understanding of events on both a local and a global scale.