Saif al-Adel was to become the fresh head of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda.
Americans proceed to hunt the leaders of the extremist muslim movement. More than six months after they killed Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a raid in Kabul, Afghanistan, leadership over a terrorist group seems to quietly pass on to his successor in Iran.
A fresh United Nations report, based on associate States' intelligence, states that Saif al-Adel is now de facto leader of Al-Qaeda, representing the continuity of the organization.
Al-Qaeda herself kept quiet about the position of her leadership after the attack of 31 July 2022 in which al-Zawahiri was killed, but the study indicates 2 reasons for silence.
Al-Adela leadership cannot be declared due to Al-Qaeda's sensitivity to the concerns of the Afghan Taliban to not admit the death of al-Zawahiri in Kabul and presence (al-Adela (ed.) in the muslim Republic of Iran.
Its location raises questions related to al-Qaeda's ambitions to guarantee leadership over the global movement in the face of challenges, including its rival, the muslim State (IS) terrorist group – adds the report. Western intelligence agencies, including those in the United States, have long seen al-Adela as a likely successor to al-Zawahiri, describing a erstwhile Egyptian peculiar Forces officer as a capable commander with extended operational experience in many locations.
A key authoritative says the U.S. cannot underestimate Al-Qaeda and the muslim State. Beginning in the early 1990s, al-Adel was part of a squad that provided military and intelligence training to militants in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Sudan. He besides helped train members of the Egyptian Al-Qaeda branch, Egyptian muslim Jihad, and Somalis who fought US forces in Mogadishu from 1992 to 1994.
The United States charged al-Adela in 1998 for his function in planning the deadly bombings of the US embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya, in which 224 people died and thousands were injured. Al-Adel is besides a longtime associate of the Al-Qaeda leadership council, Majlis al-Shura, and besides a elder associate of the Group's Hittin Committee, liable for managing Al-Qaeda's global operations.
The first information provided by the UN associate States appears to indicate that al-Adela's word of office at the head of Al-Qaeda went rather smoothly. The study notes that Al-Qaeda's propaganda efforts have become “more sophisticated and fertile” in fresh months. any associate States indicate that al-Adel was able to strengthen or increase control over certain Al-Qaeda branches.
A BOLO on Al-Adel.In particular, at least 1 intelligence agency of a associate State has stated that al-Adel is issuing “direct instructions” to Hurras al-Din, 1 of the Syrian Al-Qaeda branches that is managed by his son-in-law. However, present and erstwhile anti-terrorism officials have long questioned the degree to which any al-Qaeda leader can direct a group from Iran, and any describe it as a “golden cage”.
Adel Al- is besides a longtime associate of the Al-Qaeda leadership council, Majlis al-Shura, as well as a elder associate of the Group's Hittin Committee, liable for managing al-Qaeda's global operations.
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