Saif al-Islam al-Masri

Saif al-Islam al-Masri (Arabic: سيف الإسلام المصري) is the name of a certain member of al-Qaeda.

The name is probably, but not certainly, a nom de guerre; Saif al-Islam means Sword of Islam and al-Masri means the Egyptian, but either or both could be a real name.

Little is publicly known about this person, but his name has come up in reports and testimony on a variety of major terrorist attacks and related paramilitary and financial activities.

According to those sources, Saif al-Islam

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