Saif al-Adel

Saif Al-Adel (ou Saïf al-Adel) de son vrai nom Ibrahim Makkawi^[1], était le leader provisoire d'Al Qaida jusqu'au 16 juin 2011, date d'intronisation d'Ayman Al-Zawahiri^[2]. Il succède à Oussama Ben Laden décédé le 2 mai^[3],[4],[5]. Soupçonné d'avoir collaboré à l'assasinat d'Anouar el-Sadate, il rejoint l'Afghanistan et le Hezbollah^[6],[7]. Il est marié à la fille de Mustafa Hamid, avec qui il a cinq enfants^{[8],[9],[10],[11],[12],[13],[14],[15],[16],[17],[18],[19]}.

Références

1. ↑ Afrik.com
2. ↑ Le Monde.fr
3. ↑ L'Epress.fr
4. ↑ CNN.com
5. ↑ Who's who in al-Qaeda, BBC News, 19 February 2003
6. ↑ Hegghammer, Thomas. CTC Sentinel, Deconstructing the myth about al-Qaida adn Khobar, February 2008
7. ↑ Jamal al-Fadl testimony, United States vs. Osama bin Laden et al., trial transcript, Day 2, Feb. 6, 2001.
8. ↑ World News Connection, Al-Qa'ida member recalls US bombardment, accuses Taliban of betrayal, October 29, 2003
9. ↑ Bergen, Peter, "The Osama bin Laden I Know', 2006.
10. ↑ Michelle Shephard, Guantanamo's Child, John Wiley & Sons, 2008 
11. ↑ Bergen, Peter. "The Osama bin Laden I Know", 2006
12. ↑ The Hindu, Taliban grants Osama citizenship, November 9, 2001
13. ↑ Al-Qaeda's new military chief, BBC, 19 December 2001
14. ↑ Al-Qaida finds safe haven in Iran, MSNBC, 24 June 2005
15. ↑ Bower, Amanda. TIME, More arrests, new threats in fight against terror, September 9, 2002
16. ↑ Saif al-Adel wanted poster, Rewards for Justice, US Department of State
17. ↑ National Post, "Al-Qaeda Urges Attacks On Canadians: Instructions In Manual: Advises Hitting 'Easy Targets That Are Not Protected'", March 31, 2004
18. ↑ Verbatim Transcript of Combatant Status Review Tribunal Hearing for ISN 10013, US Department of Defense
19. ↑ Egyptian Saif al-Adel appointed acting leader of al Qaeda, CNN, May 17, 2011