Editing Qasim al-Raymi

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'''Qasim al-Raymi''', AKA '''Qassim al-Rimi''' (5 June 1978 - 29 January 2020) was the emir of [[Al-Qaeda]] in the Arabian Peninsula from the assassination of his predecessor [[Nasir al-Wuhayshi]] in 2015 to his own assassination in 2020. 

== Career ==
al-Raymi worked as a trainer in an Al-Qaeda camp in Afghanistan until the 1990s, when he returned to his home country of Yemen. He was later imprisoned for five years for training jihadists responsible for a series of [[Suicide Bombing|suicide bombings]] in the Yemeni capital of Sana'a in 2004. On 3rd February 2006, al-Raymi, Nasir al-Wuhayshi and 21 other Al-Qaeda members escaped from the prison they were being held in. al-Raymi and al-Wuhayshi subsequently oversaw the formation of Al-Qaeda in Yemen, which claimed responsibility for two suicide bombings in Sana'a and an assault on the US embassy in Sana'a which killed fourteen.

In January 2009, al-Raymi, al-Wuhayshi, [[Mohamed Al Harbi]] and [[Sa'id Al Shihri]] appeared in a video announcing the foundation of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula ([[AQAP]]). al-Raymi was introduced as the military commander of AQAP, al-Wuhayshi as the emir of the group, Al Shihri as the deputy leader and Al Harbi as a field commander.

On 3rd February 2009, the Saudi Arabian government published a list of wanted terrorists. Number #68 was "Qassem al-Rimi" (Qasim al-Raymi), who was listed as being linked to Al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia and Yemen. A few days later, an unnamed Saudi official sent documents to the Associated Press naming al-Raymi as being involved in planning the assault on the US embassy in Sana'a. On 11th May 2010, the US Department of State designated al-Raymi as a global terrorist, issuing a five million dollar reward for information leading to his capture. He was also named as one of the masterminds of the 2009 suicide bombing attempt by [[Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab]], and coordinated the [[2013 Sana'a attack]], although he did apologise for an assault on a hospital that occurred, claiming that the attackers had been specifically ordered not to attack the hospital but had ignored the order.

On 16th June 2015, several days after al-Wuhayshi's assassination by the US government, AQAP commander [[Khalid al-Bartafi]] revealed that al-Raymi had succeeded him. al-Raymi swore allegiance to [[Ayman al-Zawahiri]] on 8th July, praising the successes of Al-Qaeda, [[Al-Nusra Front]] and the [[Army of Conquest]]. 

On 18th October 2016, a US airstrike destroyed al-Raymi's home, killing five of his associates and injuring al-Raymi himself. The reward for his capture was later increased to $10 million.

On 29th January 2017, US President [[Donald Trump]] launched the Yakla raid, a special operations strike in an attempt to kill al-Raymi. During the failed raid, one US Navy SEAL, William Owens, was killed and several civilians were killed or wounded, such as the eight-year-old daughter of Al-Qaeda propagandist [[Anwar al-Awlaki]]. al-Raymi survived, and later released a video taunting President Trump about his survival.

On 31st January 2020, ''The New York Times'' reported that three government officials had stated that al-Raymi had been killed in a drone strike in Yakla on the direct orders of President Trump. On February 1st, President Trump appeared to confirm this report on Twitter. al-Raymi was later confirmed dead on February 6th.
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