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'''Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah''' ({{lang-ar|عبدالله أحمد عبدالله}}; born 6 June 1963), also known as '''Abu Mohammed al-Masri''', is an [[Egyptians|Egyptian]] high-ranking member of [[al-Qaeda]]. He is wanted<ref name="indicted">{{cite web|url=http://cns.miis.edu/pubs/reports/pdfs/binladen/indict.pdf |format=PDF |title=Copy of indictment - ''USA v. Usama bin Laden et al.'' |work=Center for Nonproliferation Studies, [[Monterey Institute of International Studies]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20011110104742/http://cns.miis.edu/pubs/reports/pdfs/binladen/indict.pdf |archivedate=10 November 2001 }}</ref><ref name="fbiAAA">[https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorists/terabdullah.htm Wanted poster on AAA] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222172714/https://www2.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorists/terabdullah.htm |date=22 December 2016 }}, [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]], US Department of Justice</ref> by the [[United States]] for his alleged role in the [[1998 American embassy bombings]] in [[Dar es Salaam]], [[Tanzania]] and [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]]. He has been described as al-Qaeda’s most experienced operational planner.
'''Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah''' ({{lang-ar|عبدالله أحمد عبدالله}}; born 6 June 1963), also known as '''Abu Mohammed al-Masri''', is an [[Egyptians|Egyptian]] high-ranking member of [[al-Qaeda]]. He is wanted<ref name="indicted">{{cite web|url=http://cns.miis.edu/pubs/reports/pdfs/binladen/indict.pdf |format=PDF |title=Copy of indictment - ''USA v. Usama bin Laden et al.'' |work=Center for Nonproliferation Studies, [[Monterey Institute of International Studies]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20011110104742/http://cns.miis.edu/pubs/reports/pdfs/binladen/indict.pdf |archivedate=10 November 2001 }}</ref> by the [[United States]] for his alleged role in the [[1998 American embassy bombings]] in [[Dar es Salaam]], [[Tanzania]] and [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]]. He has been described as al-Qaeda’s most experienced operational planner.


==History==
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He fled [[Nairobi]], Kenya, on 6 August 1998, to [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]]. He was located in either [[Afghanistan]] or Pakistan.<ref name=wpPA>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A32695-2002Oct28&notFound=true Washington Post, 29 October 2002], background on Abdullah and Saif al-Adel</ref>
He fled [[Nairobi]], Kenya, on 6 August 1998, to [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]]. He was located in either [[Afghanistan]] or Pakistan.<ref name=wpPA>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A32695-2002Oct28&notFound=true Washington Post, 29 October 2002], background on Abdullah and Saif al-Adel</ref>


Sometime later, he was detained in [[Iran]] and placed under arrest. An interrogation of former al-Qaeda spokesman [[Sulaiman Abu Ghaith]] confirmed that Abdullah was under house arrest in Iran.<ref>http://kronosadvisory.com/Kronos_US_v_Sulaiman_Abu_Ghayth_Statement.1.pdf</ref> He was released by Iran in March 2015 alongside al-Qaeda leaders Saif al-Adel and [[Abu Khayr al-Masri]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2015/257523.htm|title=Chapter 6. Foreign Terrorist Organizations|website=U.S. Department of State}}</ref>
Sometime later, he was detained in [[Iran]] and placed under arrest. An interrogation of former al-Qaeda spokesman [[Sulaiman Abu Ghaith]] confirmed that Abdullah was under house arrest in Iran.<ref>http://kronosadvisory.com/Kronos_US_v_Sulaiman_Abu_Ghayth_Statement.1.pdf</ref> He was released by Iran in March 2014 alongside al-Qaeda leaders Saif al-Adel and [[Abu Khayr al-Masri]].


==Family==
==Family==
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Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah
عبدالله أحمد عبدالله
Senior al-Qaeda suspect
Born (1963-06-06) 6 June 1963 (age 61)[1]
Gharbia Governorate, Egypt[1]
Known forBeing placed on the list of FBI Most Wanted Terrorists
1998 United States embassy bombings

Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah (Arabic: عبدالله أحمد عبدالله; born 6 June 1963), also known as Abu Mohammed al-Masri, is an Egyptian high-ranking member of al-Qaeda. He is wanted[2] by the United States for his alleged role in the 1998 American embassy bombings in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya. He has been described as al-Qaeda’s most experienced operational planner.

History

Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah was born in Egypt in 1963. According to Abdullah, he was once a professional football player for the Ghazl El-Mehalla team in Egypt.[3]

In 1992, he helped Saif al-Adel in providing intelligence and military training to those associated with al-Qaeda in Somalia and Sudan. It is sometimes claimed that his trainees were among the group who fought against the Americans during the Battle of Mogadishu in 1993.

According to a United States indictment issued for his alleged role in the 1998 United States embassy bombings, Abdullah is a member of the 'majlis al-shura' of al-Qaeda. It is alleged that between 1996 and 1998 he operated training camps in Afghanistan for al-Qaeda. Abdullah was responsible for forging a passport for Mohammed Saddiq Odeh so he could get from Pakistan to Afghanistan and meet Osama bin Laden before the 1998 United States embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.[4]

Abdullah was one of the 22 original members, and is still a member, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation list of Most Wanted Terrorists. The State Department, through the Rewards for Justice Program, is offering up to US$10 million for information on his location.[5][6]

He fled Nairobi, Kenya, on 6 August 1998, to Karachi, Pakistan. He was located in either Afghanistan or Pakistan.[7]

Sometime later, he was detained in Iran and placed under arrest. An interrogation of former al-Qaeda spokesman Sulaiman Abu Ghaith confirmed that Abdullah was under house arrest in Iran.[8] He was released by Iran in March 2014 alongside al-Qaeda leaders Saif al-Adel and Abu Khayr al-Masri.

Family

He is married to Ahmad Salama Mabruk's daughter, with whom he has three daughters.[3] One of his daughters, named Maryam, was married to Hamza bin Laden.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Rewards for Justice - Wanted for Terrorism - Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah".
  2. ^ "Copy of indictment - USA v. Usama bin Laden et al." (PDF). Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 November 2001.
  3. ^ a b United States v. Usama bin Laden, Transcript of Day 8
  4. ^ John J. Lumpkin. "Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah". Global security. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Rewards for Justice - Increased Reward Offer for Information on al-Qaida Leaders Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah and Sayf al-Adl". U.S. Department of State.
  6. ^ Wanted Poster on AAA Archived 26 November 2005 at the Wayback Machine, Rewards for Justice Program, US Department of State
  7. ^ Washington Post, 29 October 2002, background on Abdullah and Saif al-Adel
  8. ^ http://kronosadvisory.com/Kronos_US_v_Sulaiman_Abu_Ghayth_Statement.1.pdf
  9. ^ "Hamza bin Laden married daughter of another al-Qaeda leader, not 9/11 hijacker". english.alarabiya.net.
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