Qasim Yahya Mahdi al-Raymi was a Yemeni militant who was the emir of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
14 Facts About Qasim al-Raymi
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Qasim al-Raymi was a trainer at an al-Qaeda camp in Afghanistan during the 1990s before returning to Yemen.
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Qasim al-Raymi was reported to have died during a raid by Yemeni security officials on 9 August 2007.
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Abu Qasim al-Raymi was the target of a raid on al-Qaeda camps in Yemen on December 17,2009, which reportedly was carried out by US cruise missiles.
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However, according to officials, a Yemeni air strike on two cars, one of which reportedly contained Qasim al-Raymi, was conducted on Friday, January 15,2010.
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Qasim al-Raymi was reported to have "orchestrated" 25 December 2009 attempted suicide bombing of Nigerian Umar Farouq Abdulmutallab.
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On January 29,2017, Qasim al-Raymi was the supposed target of a military action undertaken by the United States known as the Yakla raid.
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Shortly after the raid, on February 5,2017, Qasim al-Raymi released an audiotape onto the internet referencing the raid.
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The fact that Qasim al-Raymi had been a main target of the raid had not been previously confirmed.
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On June 16,2015, following the death of former AQAP Emir and founder Nasir al-Wuhayshi, AQAP commander Khaled Batarfi confirmed Qasim al-Raymi had been elected by the group's leadership council to succeed Wuhayshi.
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On July 8,2015, Qasim al-Raymi swore allegiance to al-Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri.
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Qasim al-Raymi congratulated the recent successes of the al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria, al-Nusra Front, and the gains made by Army of Conquest coalition in Syria.
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Qasim al-Raymi called for renewed attacks against the United States, remarking ""All of you must direct and gather your arrows and swords against [America].
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One of Qasim al-Raymi's brothers is Ali Yahya Mahdi Al Raimi, a Yemeni held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center.