The chief of Al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia, whose group beheaded American hostage Paul Johnson, is a battle-hardened, devoted man who has left a trail of blood and destruction in his quest to rid the Arabian peninsula of “infidels”. As the world learned of Johnson’s grisly execution, the harrowing image of Abdul Aziz al-Muqrin’s threats remain vivid. In a video distributed Tuesday night, he said that “if the tyrants of the Saudi government want their master, Paul Marshall Johnson, to be released, they must release the mujahedeen held in the prisons in Haer, Ar-Ruwais and Allecha within 72 hours. “Otherwise, we will execute him to avenge our Muslim brothers whose blood has been spilled freely in several parts” of the world, the statement said. Full Story
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