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Report: Senior Al-Qaeda Official In Yemen Funded By Iran, Libya

Sources have told the Saudi daily Al-Watan that a senior Al-Qaeda official, Naif Muhammad Al-Kahtani, also known as Abu Hamam, has been in Yemen for the past year and is receiving financial support from Iranian and Libyan elements to carry out attacks in Yemen and Saudi Arabia.

Source: Al-Watan, Saudi Arabia, August 20, 2008

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