NEW YORK, Apr 5 (APP): In the nearly three years since his escape from a U.S. prison in Afghanistan, Abu Yahya al-Libi has quickly rocketed to fame in the world of jihadists, according to a dispatch in The New York Times.
Al-Libi, a once-obscure Libyan preacher, is now considered to be a top strategist for Osama bin Laden’s Al-Qaeda militant network, the newspaper said.
Believed to be in late 30s, he is also being seen as one of the terror networks most effective promoters of global jihad, appearing in a dozen videos on militant web sites in the past year, The Times said....