A leading specialist on Al-Qaida said on Tuesday that Saif al-Adel was acting as an interim operational leader pending the expected appointment of deputy chief Ayman al-Zawahri as successor to Osama bin Laden.
Noman Benotman, a former associate of bin Laden and now an analyst with Britain's Quilliam Foundation think tank, told Reuters that the organization was collecting pledges of loyalty to Zawahri.
However there were some conflicting reports about what will happen next.
The Al-Jazeera news network reported that while Adel was named interim leader, another man, Mustafa al-Yemeni, would direct operations.
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