Recording , images on Islamist websites purport to show fair-skinned man fluent in English . Al-Shabaab militants say he 's from al Qaeda leader al Zawahiri , in Somalia to dispense aid . Event suggests a strengthening of ties between Al-Shabaab and al Qaeda hard-liners . Comment:
Recording , images on Islamist websites purport to show fair-skinned man fluent in English . Al-Shabaab militants say he 's from al Qaeda leader al Zawahiri , in Somalia to dispense aid . Event suggests a strengthening of ties between Al-Shabaab and al Qaeda hard-liners . But the identitiy of the man has n't been determined , and the event may be a ploy .