Abu Talha al-Sudani
Abu Taha Al-Sudan (also Abu Talha al-Sudani or Tariq Abdullah) was a suspected member of Al Qaeda terrorist organization, reported[by whom?] to be an explosives expert.
He is believed to have traveled to Southern Lebanon along with Saif al-Adel, Sayful Islam al-Masri, Abu Ja`far al-Masri and Abu Salim al-Masri, where he trained alongside Hezbollah.[1]
A Sudanese national married to a Somali woman, al-Sudan had lived in Somalia since 1993. He was more recently identified as a close associate of Gouled Hassan Dourad, leader of a Mogadishu-based network that worked in support of Al Qaeda[citation needed]. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence revealed that Al-Sudani had been involved with a plot to target the U.S. military base in Djibouti (see CJTF-HOA).
Al-Sudan was also believed to be the financier of the 1998 United States embassy bombings.[2]
In December 2006, al-Sudan was reported to have led a group of ICU fighters in Idale as part of the War in Somalia.[3] A month later he was the target of a U.S. Air Force AC-130 airstrike that killed 70 civilian nomadic tribesmen, but left al-Sudan unharmed.[4]
Time, citing a Pentagon official, reported in late November 2007 that al-Sudani had been killed.[5] On September 2, 2008, in a video while taunting the United States, Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan declared the death of co-conspirator Abu Talha al Sudani.[6]
References
- ^ Hegghammer, Thomas (February 2008). "Deconstructing the Myth about Al- Qaida and Khobar". CTC Sentinel (pdf). 1 (3). Combating Terrorism Center at West Point: 20–25.
{{cite journal}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ DeYoung, Karen (2007-01-08). "U.S. Strike in Somalia Targets Al-Qaeda Figure". Washington Post. Retrieved 2007-01-08.
- ^ http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-12-21-voa25.cfm
- ^ The Independent, January 13, 2007, http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2149716.ece
- ^ Time, November 29, 2007, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1689207-2,00.html
- ^ http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/09/shabab_reaches_out_t.php
External links
- Abu Talha al Sudani Profile at GlobalSecurity.org
- Counter-Terrorism in Somalia: Losing Hearts and Minds? Crisis Group
People listed in italics have died. | |
| Alleged al-Qaeda members | |
| Alleged Islamic Courts Union members | |
| Held in Guantanamo Bay | |
| Wrongly accused | |
1 Currently imprisoned. 2 Released after serving sentence. | |
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