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Qasim al-Raymi

1978 - 2020

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Qasim Muhammad Mahdi al-Raymi (Arabic: قاسم محمد مهدي الريمي; 5 June 1978 – 29 January 2020) was a Yemeni militant who was the emir of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). Al-Raymi was one of 23 men who escaped in the 3 February 2006 prison-break in Yemen, along with other notable al-Qaeda members. Al-Raymi was connected to a July 2007 suicide bombing that killed eight Spanish tourists. In 2009, the Yemeni government accused him of being responsible for the running of an al-Qaeda training camp in Abyan province. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Qasim al-Raymi is the 277th most popular extremist, the 36th most popular biography from Yemen and the 2nd most popular Yemeni Extremist.

Qasim al-Raymi was a prominent Yemeni al-Qaeda leader known for his role as the head of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) from 2015 until his death in 2020. He was involved in orchestrating various terrorist attacks and was considered a key figure in the group's operations and propaganda efforts.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Qasim al-Raymi ranks 277 out of 283Before him are Nawaf al-Hazmi, Seung-Hui Cho, Hamza al-Ghamdi, Satam al-Suqami, Nasir al-Wuhayshi, and Beverley Allitt. After him are Mohammed Bijeh, Waleed al-Shehri, Fayez Banihammad, Ahmed al-Nami, Amy Fisher, and Khalid al-Mihdhar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Qasim al-Raymi ranks 722Before him are Sebastian Rejman, James Valentine, Monika Soćko, Pablo Guiñazú, Billy Eichner, and Dmitri Dyuzhev. After him are Leonardo Bertagnolli, Karyme Lozano, Clayne Crawford, Conny Pohlers, Hideaki Kitajima, and Simone Niggli-Luder. Among people deceased in 2020, Qasim al-Raymi ranks 865Before him are Trevor Cherry, Slade Gorton, Andy Gill, Lina Ben Mhenni, Rudolfo Anaya, and Sarah Hegazi. After him are Armelia McQueen, Adam Schlesinger, Tom Forsyth, Sei Ashina, Yuichiro Hata, and Khamis Al-Owairan.

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In Yemen

Among people born in Yemen, Qasim al-Raymi ranks 36 out of 35Before him are Khadija al-Salami (1966), Mohammed al-Houthi (1979), Saleh Ali al-Sammad (1979), Khaled Bahah (1965), Mahdi al-Mashat (null), and Nasir al-Wuhayshi (1976). After him are Ahmed Saleh (1972), Nujood Ali (1998), Keith Vaz (1956), Ali Al-Nono (1980), and Alaa Al-Sasi (1987).

Among EXTREMISTS In Yemen

Among extremists born in Yemen, Qasim al-Raymi ranks 2Before him are Nasir al-Wuhayshi (1976).