Nasir al Wuhayshi, the Yemeni leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Details Emerge About Talk Between al Qaeda Leaders -- CNN
New details are emerging about some of the communication between al Qaeda leaders that prompted so much concern among U.S. officials about an imminent terror threat they decided to close nearly two dozen embassies in the Middle East and Africa.
CNN has previously reported U.S. officials intercepted a message between al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri and a top ally in Yemen, Nasir al-Wuhayshi, with al-Zawahiri telling al-Wuhayshi to "do something" - an inference to a terror plot.
Now, two U.S. officials tell CNN that in his communication with al-Zawahiri, al-Wuhayshi, who is the leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), laid out a plan for a plot; then, al-Zawahiri acknowledged the communication. Al-Wuhayshi, the officials said, was not asking for permission from al- Zawahiri - but rather informing him of his plans.
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My Comment: And this is why 19 U.S. diplomatic posts were closed, terror alerts sent out, and a series of drone strikes initiaited in Yemen ?!?!?! There has to be more to the story than just this.