This is Ayman al-Zawahiri, he was Bin Laden's number 2 although he had a contentious relationship with Bin Laden on a regular basis over various issues. Hothaifa Abdullah Azzam, a Jordanian cleric revealed to Time magazine in 2006 that al-Zawahiri and his cronies were"isolating bin Laden with the excuse of protecting him." and also mentioned that "Nobody I met liked al-Zawahiri, but he is the guy moving things." It's his sharp tongue, lack of combat experience and arrogance which puts him at odds with many of the foot soldiers and senior leaders. This could go either way leading to internal dissonance or augmentative discipline within the ranks of Al-Quaeda in the future.
Some information about him; he is a doctor and comes from a long line of Egyptian doctors and scholars, although you wouldn't know of any intellectual linage from his racist remarks after Obama got elected back in 2008 when he called Obama a "house negro,". His wife and two children were killed by an American air attack, so he has a major vendetta again America. He is known as the 'Shadow Leader'. As contestant number one how will he fare? Only time will tell, in the space of time that Bin Laden released one single video, he made no less then twenty two, so expect plenty of rants and sexy bombs...
