[{"command":"openDialog","selector":"#drupal-modal","settings":null,"data":"\u003Cdiv class=\u0022ds-1col clearfix\u0022\u003E\n\n  \n\n  \n  \u003Cp\u003EWhen AQAP announced the death of its deputy leader, Said al-Shihri, on July 17, 2013, the Saudi outlet \u003Cem\u003Eal-Eqtisadiah \u003C\/em\u003Euncharacteristically referred to al-Shihri as a \u201cterrorist.\u201d The outlet printed the eulogy given by Ibrahim al-Rubaish, a senior AQAP cleric, which confirmed that al-Shihri was killed by an American drone strike. Like other media reports, \u003Cem\u003Eal-Eqtisadiah \u003C\/em\u003Enoted that Yemeni authorities had declared al-Shihri dead on January 24, saying that he died from injuries sustained in a counter-terrorism operation in November 2012. However, al-Qaeda had not officially confirmed the news. \u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003E\u201cAl-Qaeda Tu\u2019akid Halak Al-Irhabi Said Al-Shihri fi Al-Yemen,\u201d \u003Cem\u003EAl-Eqtisadiah\u003C\/em\u003E, July 17, 2013, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.aleqt.com\/2013\/07\/17\/article_771082.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.aleqt.com\/2013\/07\/17\/article_771082.html\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn \u003Cem\u003EAl-Hayat\u003C\/em\u003E, Walid al-Ahmad wondered about the fate of al-Shihri\u2019s widow in Yemen. Al-Ahmad wrote that while news of al-Shihri\u2019s absence was exciting for people who follow the war on terror, the most interesting question, \u201cespecially in Saudi Arabia\u2026[is about] which fate awaits al-Shihri\u2019s Saudi widow, Wafa al-Shihfri, who fled to Yemen with her children in 2009, will she remain where she is, or will you see her returning to her homeland?\u201d \u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003EWalid Al-Ahmad, \u201cNihaya Al-Shihri Tu\u2019ajij Al-Tasa\u2019ulat hawla Mustaqbal Armlatihi fi Al-Yemen,\u201d \u003Cem\u003EAl-Hayat\u003C\/em\u003E, July 19, 2013, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.alhayat.com\/OpinionsDetails\/534383\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.alhayat.com\/OpinionsDetails\/534383\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/span\u003EAl-Ahmad wrote that when Abdullah Asiri called to arrange a meeting with Mohamed bin Nayef\u2014the meeting where Asiri tried to assassinate bin Nayef by detonating a bomb in his underwear\u2014Asiri appealed to bin Nayef by relaying a supposed message of despair from Wafa al-Shihri about the living conditions that she and her children faced in Yemen and their yearning to go home. \u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003EWalid Al-Ahmad, \u201cNihaya Al-Shihri Tu\u2019ajij Al-Tasa\u2019ulat hawla Mustaqbal Armlatihi fi Al-Yemen,\u201d \u003Cem\u003EAl-Hayat\u003C\/em\u003E, July 19, 2013, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.alhayat.com\/OpinionsDetails\/534383\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.alhayat.com\/OpinionsDetails\/534383\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n","dialogOptions":{"minWidth":850,"resizable":true,"modal":true,"title":"Arab Media Examines Legacy, Expresses Sympathy for Said al-Shihri"}},{"command":"doFootnotes"}]