(Philadelphia Inquirer) - John Walcott U.S. intelligence officials said several al Qaeda leaders - including Saif al-Adel, who is wanted in connection with the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa and who might now be the group's third-ranking official, and Osama bin Laden's son Saad - had found refuge in Iran, where they remain active. Several times recently, one U.S. official said, Osama bin Laden expressed frustration to his lieutenants in Iran that al Qaeda had struck no significant blows as the U.S. invaded Iraq.
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