Essam al-Qamari
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Essam Al-Qamari was a decorated tank commander and Major in the Egyptian army who smuggled weapons and ammunition from army strongholds for al-Jihad as a "disciple" of the late Sayyid Qutb
Sayyid Qutb
Sayyid Qutb was an Egyptian author, educator, Islamist theorist, poet, and the leading member of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood in the 1950s and '60s....

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In February 1981, Egyptian police arrested a man smuggling weapons who was carrying a map of the military's tank placements. Realising that he would likely be implicated, al-Qamari took the opportunity to disappear. He is believed to have hidden at a Gamaliyya apartment owned by Muhammad Abdelrahim al-Sharqawi
Muhammad Abdelrahim al-Sharqawi
Muhammad Abdelrahim al-Sharqawi was an alleged member of Egyptian Islamic Jihad, and one of the closest colleagues of Ayman al-Zawahiri.An engineer by trade, he was put in charge of recruiting members for the group by al-Zawahiri, whom he had known since 1968.He established a turnery at his...

, that generated profits as a turnery, before acquiring another apartment in Giza with help from Ameen Yusef al-Domeiry
Ameen Yusef al-Domeiry
Ameen Yusef al-Domeiry was an alleged member of Egyptian Islamic Jihad.He was recruited by Ayman al-Zawahiri around 1979-80.A pharmacist by trade, he used the revenues from his business to support the group, and offered religious lessons. When Abbud al-Zomor hid from police, al-Domeiry found him an...

. Meanwhile, he acquired a number of hand grenade
Hand grenade
A hand grenade is any small bomb that can be thrown by hand. Hand grenades are classified into three categories, explosive grenades, chemical and gas grenades. Explosive grenades are the most commonly used in modern warfare, and are designed to detonate after impact or after a set amount of time...

s for Abbud al-Zomor, and experimented trying to build a timer-detonator using a fan and a broken light bulb, although it failed.

He later strenuously opposed Omar Abdel-Rahman
Omar Abdel-Rahman
Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman , commonly known in the United States as "The Blind Sheikh", is a blind Egyptian Muslim leader who is currently serving a life sentence at the Butner Medical Center which is part of the Butner Federal Correctional Institution in Butner, North Carolina, United...

's leadership of al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya
Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya
Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya is an Egyptian Islamist movement, and is considered a terrorist organization by the United States, European Union and Egyptian governments...

 with other jihadist groups following the assassination of Anwar Sadat
Anwar Sadat
Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat was the third President of Egypt, serving from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers on 6 October 1981...

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In 1988, he escaped from prison along with Khamis Muslim and Mohamed al-Aswani, ostensibly aided by Khaled Medhet al-Fiqi
Khaled Medhet al-Fiqi
Khaled Medhet al-Fiqi was an alleged member of Egyptian Islamic Jihad.He had used his apartment as a warehouse for the group to store weapons and ammunition...

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When Ayman al-Zawahiri
Ayman al-Zawahiri
Ayman Mohammed Rabie al-Zawahiri is an Egyptian physician, Islamic theologian and current leader of al-Qaeda. He was previously the second and last "emir" of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, having succeeded Abbud al-Zumar in the latter role when Egyptian authorities sentenced al-Zumar to life...

 was arrested, he was immediately asked the whereabouts of al-Qamari and told them he was staying at the Gamaliyya turnery. Since they had spoken earlier in the day about meeting at the Kit Kat Mosque, Zawahiri agreed to meet as scheduled and allow the Egyptians to arrest al-Qamari when he entered. He was arrested while performing the Nafl salat
Nafl salat
Nafilah salah is a type of optional salah in Islam. Like Sunnah salat, they are not considered obligatory but are thought to confer extra benefit on the person performing them. For example, offering Duha prayers.-Ishraq prayer:...

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