Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeBritish special forces are ready to hunt down the new Osama bin Laden – backed by a £450million funding windfall. (Image: Getty)Egyptian doctor Al-Zawahiri, Bin Laden’s right-hand man, and Saif al-Adel, an ex-Egyptian army general and explosives expert, are top of the list. He became head of al-Qaeda after former leader Osama bin Laden was shot dead in Pakistan by US Navy Seals in May 2011. He is probably the top one now with the demise of Bin Laden and potential demise of Zawahiri. “Compared to Zawahiri he is likely to be a much more effective leader – at least so or even more so than Bin Laden.

Source: Daily Mirror March 20, 2021 18:05 UTC