"We will avenge the killing of the Sheik of Islam"

OSAMAS LOYALIST VOW VENGEANCE AND TO CONTINUE INTENSIFYING THEIR  DEADLY ATTACKS TO AVENGE HIS DEATH

“Now Pakistani rulers, President Zardari and the army will be our first targets. America will be our second target,” said Ehsanullah Ehsan, a spokesman for Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
That threat was echoed by a prominent Al Qaeda commentator known as Assad al-jihad 2, who said: “Woe to his enemies. By God, we will avenge the killing of the Sheik of Islam.

“Those who wish that jihad has ended or weakened, I tell them: Let us wait a little bit... The battle between us and international tyranny is long and will not be stopped by the martyrdom of our beloved one, the lion of Islam. How many martyrdom seekers have been born today?”

mural showing Usama bin Laden and Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri (top left), the "lead" hijacker Muhammad Atta (lower left), and the other hijackers. The gold text on the upper left reads: "Day the Muslims Roared," and the text in the lower left reads: "The Blessed Expedition/Raid: 9/11."

Dubai-based Professor Ted Karasik, of the Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis, warned reprisal attacks are almost certain. He said: “Reprisals are a ‘yes or no’ question and the answer is a definite ‘yes’.  What that’s going to look like remains to be seen.”

He continued: “They have a toolkit for violent attacks and they know how to use it. We are starting a new chapter with a group that, through violence, fights for its cause.”

 A Printer toner cartridge converted into a bomb

Karasik, an expert in Middle East politics and security, said the killing raises questions for the international community. He said: “It raises quest­ions about Pakistan knowing Bin Laden was in the country, it raises questions about what will happen in Yemen [where Al Qaeda has a strong presence] and it raises questions about who will be promoted to the role as head of Al Qaeda Central.”