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Wed, 29 Feb 2012 Egypt

Senior Qaeda militant arrested in Cairo airport

By AFP
Seif al-Adel.  By null (AFP/File)Seif al-Adel. By null (AFP/File)

CAIRO (AFP) - Senior Al-Qaeda operative Seif al-Adel, who was reported to have briefly taken over the militant network's leadership after Osama Ben Laden's death, was arrested in Cairo airport on Wednesday, security officials said.

The officials did not say why the Egyptian militant, who is on the FBI's most wanted list with up to $5 million dollar reward for his capture, flew to Cairo airport.

An airport official said he arrived on an Emirates Airline flight from Pakistan with a stop over in Dubai

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