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Ayman Al-Zawahiri

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Terrorist

The Resume

    (June 19, 1951-July 31, 2022)
    America's second most wanted terrorist
    Banished from Egypt
    Has $25 million reward on his head
    Leader of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad
    Second in command of al-Qaeda
    Advisor and doctor of Osama bin Laden
    Named new terror chief of Al-Qaeda (June 16, 2011)

Why he might be annoying:

    He is considered one of the masterminds of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon (September 11, 2001).
    He may have been involved in the assassination of Egyptian president Anwar Sadat (October 6, 1981).
    He spent three years in an Egyptian prison for planning assassinations of Egyptian leaders (1981-1984).
    He may have helped plot a bombing of the Egyptian embassy in Islamabad (1995).
    He and bin Laden merged al-Qaeda and the Egyptian Jihad together into one large terrorist organization (1998).
    He allegedly masterminded the U.S. embassy bombing in Kenya and Tanzania (August 7, 1998).
    He is charged with being involved in the destruction of the U.S.S. Cole (October 12, 2000).
    He was falsely believed to have been killed in an American operation (March 2002).
    He may have helped plan the suicide bombings in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (2003).
    Both Albania and Egypt have sentenced him to death in absentia.
    He is considered the brains behind al-Qaeda and is just as dangerous as bin Laden.
    He is probably partly responsible for the deaths of thousands.
    He appeared in a video claiming that Taliban and al-Qaeda forces are retaking Afghanistan (September 9, 2004).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He earned a master's degree in surgery at Cairo University's medical school.
    He claims that he was severely tortured in Egyptian prisons.
    He fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan during the 1980s.
    He was reported to be cornered by U.S. and Pakistani troops near the Pakistan border, but escaped. (March 19, 2004).

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 683 Votes: 69.55% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1740 Votes: 67.87% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 1378 Votes: 71.12% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1313 Votes: 60.55% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4553 Votes: 61.04% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1546 Votes: 61.00% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 720 Votes: 83.75% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 233 Votes: 95.71% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 1666 Votes: 77.73% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 1133 Votes: 59.58% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 3528 Votes: 68.74% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 918 Votes: 80.61% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 950 Votes: 84.53% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 2132 Votes: 75.56% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 1748 Votes: 74.89% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 1508 Votes: 85.08% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 5557 Votes: 77.85% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 6521 Votes: 78.39% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 5222 Votes: 72.18% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 6072 Votes: 70.62% Annoying