Shihri

Al-Wahishi's deputy, Saeed al-Shihri, is a Saudi who fought in Afghanistan and spent six years in Guantanamo Bay as inmate No. 372, before being released and going through Saudi Arabia's famous "rehabilitation" institutes.

Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri, Yemen Bombmaker, Key Suspect In Terror Plot AP 2010

Al-Wahishi's deputy, Saeed al-Shihri, is a Saudi who fought in Afghanistan and spent six years in Guantanamo Bay as inmate No. 372, before being released and going through Saudi Arabia's famous "rehabilitation" institutes.

Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri, Yemen Bombmaker, Key Suspect In Terror Plot AP 2010

They are Abu al-Hareth Muhammad al-Oufi, a field commander, and Said al-Shihri, said to be the group's deputy leader, who was transferred by the Bush administration to the Saudi authorities and released in 2007

Cheney: Obama pretending we are not at war 2009

Since its founding in January 2009, AQAP's Yemeni leader Nasir al-Wuhayshi, former personal secretary to Bin Laden, its Yemeni military commander Qasmi al-Raymi, and Saudi deputy leader Said Shihri have engaged primarily in trying to topple the current Yemeni regime of President Saleh as a prelude to taking on the Saudi monarchy.

Scott Atran: How Killing Awlaki Affects America, Al Qaeda, and the Arab Spring Scott Atran 2011

Just a day before the attempted bombing of the jet bound for Detroit last year, Yemeni warplanes raided a site where the top leadership had gathered, only missing al-Wahishi, al-Shihri and al-Awlaki by hours.

Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri, Yemen Bombmaker, Key Suspect In Terror Plot AP 2010

Since its founding in January 2009, AQAP's Yemeni leader Nasir al-Wuhayshi, former personal secretary to Bin Laden, its Yemeni military commander Qasmi al-Raymi, and Saudi deputy leader Said Shihri have engaged primarily in trying to topple the current Yemeni regime of President Saleh as a prelude to taking on the Saudi monarchy.

Scott Atran: How Killing Awlaki Affects America, Al Qaeda, and the Arab Spring Scott Atran 2011

Since its founding in January 2009, AQAP's Yemeni leader Nasir al-Wuhayshi, former personal secretary to Bin Laden, its Yemeni military commander Qasmi al-Raymi, and Saudi deputy leader Said Shihri have engaged primarily in trying to topple the current Yemeni regime of President Saleh as a prelude to taking on the Saudi monarchy.

Scott Atran: How Killing Awlaki Affects America, Al Qaeda, and the Arab Spring Scott Atran 2011

Since its founding in January 2009, AQAP's Yemeni leader Nasir al-Wuhayshi, former personal secretary to Bin Laden, its Yemeni military commander Qasmi al-Raymi, and Saudi deputy leader Said Shihri have engaged primarily in trying to topple the current Yemeni regime of President Saleh as a prelude to taking on the Saudi monarchy.

Scott Atran: How Killing Awlaki Affects America, Al Qaeda, and the Arab Spring Scott Atran 2011

Just a day before the attempted bombing of the jet bound for Detroit last year, Yemeni warplanes raided a site where the top leadership had gathered, only missing al-Wahishi, al-Shihri and al-Awlaki by hours.

Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri, Yemen Bombmaker, Key Suspect In Terror Plot AP 2010

Al-Shihri was released to Saudi Arabia from Guantanamo in 2007 before relocating to Yemen.

Foreign Affairs Roundup 2010