Ahmed Mohammed Hamed Ali
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Born | c. 1965 Egypt |
Died | 2010(2010-00-00) (aged 44–45) Pakistan |
Known for | On the list of FBI Most Wanted Terrorists 1998 United States embassy bombings |
Ahmed Mohammed Hamed Ali (Arabic: أحمد محمّد حامد علي) (c. 1965 - 2010) was an Egyptian national wanted by the United States government in connection with the 1998 United States embassy bombings in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi.
Aliases
Shuaib | شعيب |
Abu Islam al-Surir | أبو إسلام أل-سورير |
Ahmed the Egyptian | أحمد المصري |
Ahmed Hemed | أحمد حمد |
Hamed Ali | حامد علي |
Ahmed Shieb | أحمد شعب |
Abu Islam | أبو إسلام |
Ahmed Mohammed Ali | أحمد محمّد علي |
Ahmed Hamed | أحمد حامد |
Ahmed Mohammed Abdurehman | احمد محمّد عبدالرحمن |
Abu Khadiijah | أبو خديجة |
Abu Fatima | أبو فاطمة |
Ahmad al-Masri | حمد ال-مصري |
Life before the bombings
It is thought that, before becoming an accomplice in bombing various American embassies, Ali worked in the field of agriculture, with formal training in the industry.[1] American Homeland Security officials considered Ali an operative of al-Qaeda.[2] Ali had been part of an al Qaeda cell operating in Somalia in the early 1990s that provided training to Somali tribesmen who attacked U.S. forces in that country, according to his indictment. Ali lived in Kenya until fleeing the country on August 2, 1998. He located himself in Karachi, Pakistan until the bombings on August 7, 1998.[1]
Indicted for the 1998 American embassy bombings
Ali was indicted for his suspected role in the 1998 United States embassy bombings by a grand jury in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.[1][3] The United States Government's Rewards for Justice program had offered a 5 million US dollar reward for information directly leading to the capture of Hamed Ali.[3]
On October 10, 2001, he was placed on the initial list of the FBI's top 22 Most Wanted Terrorists. He served as al-Qaeda's chief of paramilitary operations for Afghanistan.
Death
The National Counterterrorism Center reported on February 21, 2011 that Ali was killed in a drone strike in Pakistan in 2010.[4][5] By May 2012, Ali was no longer listed as a wanted terrorist by either Rewards for Justice or the FBI.
References
- ^ a b c "Ahmed Mohammed Hamed Ali." FBI Most Wanted Terrorists. The Federal Bureau of Investigation. 23 June 2008
- ^ Lumpkin, John. "Ahmed Mohammed Hamed Ali: Nairobi embassy bombing cell Operative." Homeland Security. Global Security. 23 June 2008
- ^ a b "Wanted Ahmed Mohamed Hamed Ali Up to $5 Million Reward." Rewards for Justice: Seeking Information Against International Terrorism. The United US Department of State. 23 June 2008.
- ^ "Report: Drone strikes killing few leaders". UPI. 21 February 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
- ^ "Increased U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan killing few high-value militants". The Washington Post.
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- Abd al-Rahman al-Maghribi
- Ahmad Umar
- Iyad Ag Ghaly
- Ezedin Abdel Aziz Khalil
- Abu Ubaidah Youssef al-Annabi
- Ali Sayyid Muhamed Mustafa al-Bakri
- Ibrahim al-Banna
- Ibrahim al Qosi
- Abu Walid al-Masri
- Mohammed Showqi Al-Islambouli
- Abdukadir Mohamed Abdukadir
- Fuad Qalaf
- Jehad Mostafa
- Abu Humam al-Shami
- Sami al-Oraydi
leadership
of attacks
- 1998 United States embassy bombings
- 2000 USS Cole bombing
- 2001 September 11 attacks
- 2002 Bali bombings
- 2004 Madrid train bombings
- 2005 London bombings
- 2007 Algiers bombings
- 2008 Islamabad Danish embassy bombing
- 2008 Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing
- 2013 In Amenas hostage crisis
- 2013 Westgate shopping mall attack
- 2015 Charlie Hebdo shooting
- 2015 Garissa University College attack
- 2015 Bamako hotel attack
- 2016 Ouagadougou attacks
- 2016 Grand-Bassam shootings
- 2016 Bamako attack
- 2019 Naval Air Station Pensacola shooting
- Soviet–Afghan War
- Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)
- Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)
- First Chechen War
- Afghan Civil War (1996–2001)
- Second Chechen War
- War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
- Iraq War
- Somali Civil War
- War in North-West Pakistan (drone strikes)
- Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
- Syrian civil war
- Yemeni civil war (2014–present)
- Al-Shabaab (Somalia)
- Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (Yemen)
- Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (North Africa)
- Egyptian Islamic Jihad (Egypt)
- Al-Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent (Indian subcontinent)
- Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (Mali)
- Hurras al-Din (Syria)