| Importance | High |
 | Capturing Authority | Georgian forces4 |
 | Date of Capture | Summer 20024 |
| Location of Capture | Pankisi Gorge, Georgia4 |
| Affiliation | Al-Qaeda1 |
| Role | Terrorist Operations Planner1 |
| Supervisor | Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri1 |
| Affiliation | Al-Qaeda Military Committee1,3 |
| Affiliation | Benevolence International Foundation2 |
| Nationality | Egyptian2 |
| Alias(es) | Abu Islam el Masry3, Sheikh Islam3, Abu Islam al Khabir3, The older Islam3 |
| Alternate Spelling(s) | Saif al-Islam al-Masri, Saif ul Islam |
| Gender | Male |
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| Narrative and Notes |
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| Reliable | Lawyer.
Emir of Jihad Wal training camp, near Khost, Afghanistan, in 1992.
In Chechnya in 1998.
He was reportedly captured in the Pankisi Gorge area of Georgia in mid-2002.2,3 |
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| Possible | Said to have received explosives training from Hezbollah operatives in southern Lebanon in early 1990s.1 |
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| 1 Jamal al-Fadl testimony, United States vs. Osama bin Laden et al, trial transcript, Day 2, Feb. 6, 2001. |
| 2 United States versus Enaam Arnaout, government proffer. |
| 3 L'Houssaine Kherchtou testimony, United States vs. Osama bin Laden et. al., trial transcript, Day 8, Feb. 21, 2001. |
| 4 Dixon, Robyn. 'In the Caucasaus, a Foreign Threatens.' Los Angeles Times, Nov. 29, 2002. |
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