This image provided by the FBI shows an undated image of Saif al-Adel. He was arrested on Wednesday Feb. 29, 2012 at Cairo Airport. — Photo by AP
CAIRO: Egyptian security officials said the man they arrested at Cairo airport on Tuesday believing him to be a senior Al Qaeda leader is an Egyptian Islamist wanted in his homeland not an Al Qaeda operative.
“He is wanted for involvement with the Al-Jihad (group). He is not Seif al-Adel,” said a source at the National Security apparatus.
Officials and state media earlier said the man was the senior Qaeda militant Seif al-Adel.
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