Al-Qaida In The Midst Of Fierce Succession Battle -- The Guardian
Saif al-Adel, an Egyptian former special forces officer, is named as acting leader of al-Qaida, according to Pakistani reports
A fierce succession battle appears to be gripping the senior ranks of al-Qaida in the wake of the death of their leader, Osama bin Laden, pitting regional affiliates against the central "hardcore" of the organisation.
Reports from Pakistan have named an Egyptian former special forces officer known as Saif al-Adel as the acting leader of al-Qaida. Adel, who is in his late 40s, is a veteran militant who was close to Bin Laden in the 1990s. He was detained in Iran after fleeing Afghanistan following the ousting of the Taliban in 2001. According to Noman Benotman, a former Libyan militant now living in London, Adel was released from Iranian detention and returned to Pakistan last year.
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