Kammala wannan jumlar: "The Long War Journal" ta ruwaito cewa al Sawah ya shiga kungiyar 'yan uwa musulmi ta Masar a shekarar 1981. Sun bayar da rahoton cewa an kewaye shi a cikin babban taron 'yan uwa na' yan uwa Musulmi bayan kisan Anwar Sadat. "The Long War Journal" ya kuma ruwaito cewa Al Sawah, kwararren mai ƙera bam ne, wanda Muhsin Musa Matwalli Atwah ya horar da shi, mai ƙera bam ɗin da ya kirkiro bam ɗin
An yi amfani da shi a kan. Sun bayar da rahoton cewa ya kirkiro wani samfurin farko na bam-bam a lokacin rani na 2001 kuma ya ci gaba da sababbin samfurori na magnetic limpet-mines.