Hattip 3dc. Saif al-Adel is also known as Ibrahim al-Madani and Omar al-Sumali. Or possibly not. There is some question whether he is Mohammed Salah al-Din Zaidan the economist or Ibraheeem Makawi the former Egyptian special forces colonel.
[WeeklyBlitz] The man likely to become Al Qaeda’s next top dog is Saif al-Adel...holed up in Iran from 2002 until 2010, when he made bail and moved back to the Pak-Afghan border...
, a ruthless jihadist who has spent decades using Iran
...They hate as a base of operations and who maintains deep ties to the hardline mullah regime, including Iran’s Lord High Potentate and Supreme Leader of All He Surveys Ali Khamenei