WASHINGTON, Aug 10: Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda has named new leaders to replace those who have been killed or captured, promoting from within and recruiting new operatives to run the organization , The New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing intelligence officials.

"Al Qaeda's upper ranks are being filled by lower-ranking members and more recent recruits," the daily said, referring to computer records, documents and e-mail addresses seized after the July 12 arrest in Lahore, of 25-year-old Mohammed Naeem Noor Khan.

Khan's computer contained photos and surveillance reports on financial institutions in New York, Washington and Newark, New Jersey, as well as London's Heathrow airport. -AFP