The Hunt: Death of top Al Qaida commander in Tehran was covered up

Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, the second in command of the terror group Al Qaida, was assassinated recently in Iran.

On this week’s episode of “The Hunt with WTOP NSC JJ Green,” Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, explains what happened.

Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler on the assassination of Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah

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J.J. Green

JJ Green is WTOP's National Security Correspondent. He reports daily on security, intelligence, foreign policy, terrorism and cyber developments, and provides regular on-air and online analysis. He is also the host of two podcasts: Target USA and Colors: A Dialogue on Race in America.

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