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Though written under Al-Siri’s name, the letter, according to the Kabul computer’s internal properties, which give the user’s name in Arabic, was crafted by Mohammed Zawahri. It is unclear whether this refers to Zawahri, who is known to speak French and sometimes goes by the alias “Abu Mohammed,” or possibly to his brother, Mohammed Zawahiri, a fellow Islamic militant who helped set up a terror cell in Albania in the 1990s.

Odd that the letter should have been written in "clumsy French." Upper-class Egyptians learn fluent French, so I would think that the upper-class and highly educated Ayman Zawahiri, who lived in Geneva for years, (and presumably also his brother) would be able to write good French.

Aristeides has a very interesting analysis in his replies #21,#22,#23,#24.

Thanks for flagging me aristeides.

The Saudi connection in all of this, particularly in the royal family is troubling. It appears Clinton and GW Bush were too protective of the Saudi royals when it came to the Saudi's not cracking down on terror activities and bank transfers (donations)involving Saudis and AlQuaeda and Bin Laden types. Also recall GW blocked FBI investigations involving Saudis business activities in the US possibly connected to terrorism a few months before 9/11.