Egyptian Family: The Man Identified by U.S. Intelligence as 'Saif Al-'Adl' is Our Son, But He's No Longer Alive – And In Any Event It's Inconceivable That He Would Be Al-Qaeda Leader

On May 23, 2011, the Egyptian daily Al-Masry Al-Yawm reported that according to international intelligence agencies, chiefly the American ones, about reported Al-Qaeda interim leader Saif Al-'Adl, there is confusion between Saif Al-'Adl and an Egyptian jihadist who joined Al-Qaeda named Muhammad Ibrahim Al-Makkawi. The daily published two versions of the identity and actions of the man who it claims is the real Saif Al-'Adl, Muhammad Salah Al-Din Zidane - one from former jihadist sources in Egypt, and another from his brother. ...