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Rewards for Justice: AQAP Al-Batarfi
Khalid al-Batarfi is a senior member of AQAP in Yemen’s Hadramaut Governorate and a former member of AQAP’s shura council. Born in Saudi Arabia, in 1999 he traveled to Afghanistan, where he trained at al-Qaida’s al-Farouq camp. In 2001, he fought alongside the Taliban against U.S. forces and the Northern Alliance.
In 2010, al-Batarfi joined AQAP in Yemen, led AQAP fighters in taking over Yemen’s Abyan Province, and was named AQAP’s emir of Abyan. Following the death of AQAP leader Nasir Al-Wuhayshi in a June 2016 U.S. military strike, he issued a statement warning that al-Qaida would destroy the U.S. economy and attack other U.S. interests.
After the United States announced that it would recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, al-Batarfi appeared in an AQAP video in January 2018 threatening the United States and Jews. On January 23, 2018, the U.S. Department of State designated al-Batarfi as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist under Executive Order 13224.
Since its inception in 1984, the Rewards for Justice Program has paid in excess of $150 million dollars to more than 100 people who provided actionable information that helped bring terrorists to justice or prevented acts of international terrorism worldwide. You can follow Rewards for Justice on Twitter: @Rewards4Justice.
More information about the al-Batarfi reward offer is located on the Rewards for Justice website at www.rewardsforjustice.net. We encourage anyone with information on this individual to contact the Rewards for Justice office via the website; e-mail: info@rewardsforjustice.net; phone: 1-800-877-3927 in North America; or mail: Rewards for Justice, Washington, D.C., 20520-0303, USA. Individuals may also contact the Regional Security Officer at the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate.
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