] Government officials said Abdel-Rahman ran a training
] camp in Afghanistan before the Sept. 11 attacks
] and also had a role in operational planning.
] He is considered a senior al-Qaida operative, one of
] several operations chiefs who rank one tier below
] Mohammed in the al-Qaida hierarchy. He is known as
] Asadullah, "the Lion of God."

This caught my eye, because of the "lion" reference in that MEMRI threat about an attack within 10 days, "and the lions have taken their positions". Might just be coincidence though...