Al-Adel has been involved in militant activities since the late 1980s, according to an interview with him published in spring 2005 in the Arabic-language London-based daily Al-Quds al-Arabi.
Usafiri reli katika mikoa ya kanda ya ziwa, ulisitishwa na Kampuni ya Rites ya India iliyokuwa ikiendesha TRL tangu mwaka 2009 hadi mwishoni mwa mwaka jana baada ya serikali kuamua kuvunja mkataba.