Abu Yahya al-Libi

'Abu Yahya al-Libi is an Islamic cleric and a spokesman for al-Qaeda. Born in Libya, he was captured in 2002 in Afghanistan but escaped in 2005 from Bagram Theater Internment Facility. The U.S. has offered a $5 million reward for him.

His broadcasts feature theological justification for the group's actions, and Michael Scheuer describes him as preaching a more extreme position, to Sunni militants, than may be consistent with the positions of the top al-Qaeda leaders. For example, Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri have not directly criticized the Saudi security forces, while al-Libi called them "the villainous troops of the tyrants of al-Sauds"

There are unconfirmed reports that he may have been killed by a drone airstrike in December 2009.