Anyone Seen Osama Bin Laden Possible Replacement?

A Pakistani former commando who has been linked to multiple terror plots — including a series of planned “Mumbai style” attacks in European cities last summer — has emerged a possible successor to Osama bin Laden as leader of al-Qaida

Ilyas Kashmiri His star has been on the rise for the last several years,”  “He would have to be on the al-Qaida short list

An elusive figure who often wears heavily tinted aviator glasses, Kashmiri remains at large and active in plotting new attacks against the West

Ilyas Kashmiri once told a reporter that the 2008 Mumbai attacks were “nothing compared to what has already been planned for the future

If al-Zawahri doesn’t make it, Kashmiri may emerge as the dark horse in the ensuing power struggle

Kashmiri has based his terror operations in western Pakistan and starting in 2007 was in regular contact with al-Qaida