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Trump Administration quietly removes $5m bounty on Al Qaeda operative who killed Bangladeshi-American writer

Summary by weeklyblitz.net
In a move raising serious counterterrorism concerns, the Trump administration has quietly removed a $5 million US bounty on Al Qaeda-linked fugitive Syed Ziaul Huq Zia — a convicted killer of Bangladeshi-American writer Avijit Roy, coup plotter, and jihadist recruiter tied to Pakistan’s ISI. The decision comes amid allegations of political lobbying, the release of high-profile extremists in Bangladesh, and fresh calls from Zia for insurgent grou…
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weeklyblitz.net broke the news in on Thursday, August 14, 2025.
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