The terrorist organization Al Qaeda (The Base) has a new leader, it is the Egyptian Saif al-Adel, one of the founders of the movement. The Pakistani newspaper The News reported that the appointment came during a meeting of the senior leadership of al Qaeda that was recently held at an undisclosed location, to designate a successor to bin Laden, who was killed in Pakistan by U.S.
Marines for 17 days. The appointment surprised because he had seen two candidates happen to Bin Laden: The number two of Al Qaeda, Egyptian Ayman al-Zawahiri also, and the popular Islamist leader Mustafa Muhamad Jamnia. According to data from The News, Saif al-Adel has held key positions in the Egyptian forces and is a close partner of Al Zawahiri.
Al Adel, for whom the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) offers a reward of five million dollars for anyone who provides information which resulted in his capture, is the alleged head of the military wing of Al Qaeda and is accused for their alleged involvement in the bombings of U.S.
embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. The diary shows that al-Zawahiri continue to occupy his position as number two in the Base Command chief activist of the organization, but lead the network of international contacts in the new internal organizational structure. Noman Benotman, a former associate of bin Laden and now an analyst with British Quilliam Foundation, said the role it has assumed Al Adel "is not the absolute leader, but is responsible for military affairs and operations." Yesterday the Pakistani military reported the arrest of "a hierarchical agent" of al Qaeda in Karachi.
According to the statement, it is the Yemeni Qasim Muhammad Yaqub Ali, alias Abu Sohaib Al Makki, direct subordinate of the leaders of Al Qaeda on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. He is suspected of involvement in the 1981 assassination of Egyptian President Sadat Anwuar to.
Saif al-Adel was born in Egypt on 11 April, although the year of his birth is unclear, since FBI page shows two: 1960 and 1963. He is also accused of involvement in simultaneous bomb attacks were four U.S. embassies in as many cities in East Africa in 1988. In that year he also joined the mujahideen forces in the fight against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
The new leader of the Base is credited with the authorship of certain texts and manuals on terrorism and future strategies of al Qaeda. 
Marines for 17 days. The appointment surprised because he had seen two candidates happen to Bin Laden: The number two of Al Qaeda, Egyptian Ayman al-Zawahiri also, and the popular Islamist leader Mustafa Muhamad Jamnia. According to data from The News, Saif al-Adel has held key positions in the Egyptian forces and is a close partner of Al Zawahiri.
Al Adel, for whom the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) offers a reward of five million dollars for anyone who provides information which resulted in his capture, is the alleged head of the military wing of Al Qaeda and is accused for their alleged involvement in the bombings of U.S.
embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. The diary shows that al-Zawahiri continue to occupy his position as number two in the Base Command chief activist of the organization, but lead the network of international contacts in the new internal organizational structure. Noman Benotman, a former associate of bin Laden and now an analyst with British Quilliam Foundation, said the role it has assumed Al Adel "is not the absolute leader, but is responsible for military affairs and operations." Yesterday the Pakistani military reported the arrest of "a hierarchical agent" of al Qaeda in Karachi.
According to the statement, it is the Yemeni Qasim Muhammad Yaqub Ali, alias Abu Sohaib Al Makki, direct subordinate of the leaders of Al Qaeda on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. He is suspected of involvement in the 1981 assassination of Egyptian President Sadat Anwuar to.
Saif al-Adel was born in Egypt on 11 April, although the year of his birth is unclear, since FBI page shows two: 1960 and 1963. He is also accused of involvement in simultaneous bomb attacks were four U.S. embassies in as many cities in East Africa in 1988. In that year he also joined the mujahideen forces in the fight against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
The new leader of the Base is credited with the authorship of certain texts and manuals on terrorism and future strategies of al Qaeda.
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