This is a still photo taken from a reported terrorist video showing the man simply known as 'The American.' He has later been identified as Omar Hammami, who grew up in Daphne, Ala., attended Daphne High School and went to the University of South Alabama.

MOBILE, Ala. -- A man who grew up in Daphne and now fighting for an al-Qaida-linked militant group in Somalia has threatened to avenge the death of Osama bin Laden, according to news reports.
Omar Hammami, 27, known as Abu Mansur al-Amriki, or “the American,” issued the threats this week, saying that bin Laden’s death does not mean the end of attacks against the U.S. and its interests.
The Alabama-born Islamic fighter is one of a number of young Muslim men who have taken up arms with al-Shabaab, Somalia’s most dangerous militant group.
Al-Shabaab is trying to topple Somalia’s weak, U.N.-backed government, which has long been plagued by civil war.
The group carried out its first international attack last July in Uganda, killing 76 people watching the World Cup final in two bomb explosions.
U.S. officials have said al-Shabaab, or “The Youth,” has ties to al-Qaida.
The Associated Press did not say how or where Hammami made the threats.
Dean Boyd, a spokesman with the U.S. Department of Justice, said in an email to the Press-Register that, “We have no comment on any remarks that Hammami may have made.”
Boyd did, however, describe what Hammami faces in court, should he be captured by U.S. forces.
“As you know, he has been charged by the Justice Department with numerous terrorism violations. He is a fugitive, and we continue to seek his prosecution.”
Boyd listed the charges of a three-count indictment filed against Hammami in federal court in Mobile — that Hammami “provided material support, including himself as personnel, to terrorists; conspired to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, al-Shabaab; and provided material support to al-Shabaab,” Boyd wrote.
“Hammami faces a potential 15 years in prison for each of the three counts of the indictment,” Boyd said.
FBI Director Robert Mueller said during a visit to the Mobile field office in December that the bureau was continuing its efforts to locate and capture Hammami.
Hammami attended the University of South Alabama, but did not graduate.
He was raised in Daphne by his parents, Debra Hammami, a Southern Baptist from Alabama, and Shafik Hammami, a Syrian immigrant.
They have told the Press-Register that their son had a typical upbringing, and they don’t know why he turned away from his life here.