Khaled Abu el-Dahab
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An Egyptian medical student, Khaled Abu el-Dahab (Abul-Dahab) was arrested and convicted of terrorism. He is alleged to have been a right-hand man to Ali Mohamed
, who had been an American CIA agent and Special Forces
soldier.
Ali Mohamed
travelled north from California with el-Dehab, who later told Egyptian interrogators he had withdrawn US$3,000 from a Californian bank account on orders of Osama bin Laden
himself, to offer as bail
money to lawyer Phil Rankin. The pair hoped to have Essam Marzouk
released and possibly smuggle him into the United States.
In 2002, Abul-Dahab confessed to Egyptian interrogators that he had funded the1995 attack on the Egyptian Embassy in Pakistan
on orders from bin Laden, and had transferred money from a Californian bank account to Pakistan to finance the attack.
Ali Mohamed
Ali Abdul Saoud Mohamed, is a double agent who worked for both the CIA and Egyptian Islamic Jihad simultaneously, reporting on the workings of each for the benefit of the other....
, who had been an American CIA agent and Special Forces
Special forces
Special forces, or special operations forces are terms used to describe elite military tactical teams trained to perform high-risk dangerous missions that conventional units cannot perform...
soldier.
Ali Mohamed
Ali Mohamed
Ali Abdul Saoud Mohamed, is a double agent who worked for both the CIA and Egyptian Islamic Jihad simultaneously, reporting on the workings of each for the benefit of the other....
travelled north from California with el-Dehab, who later told Egyptian interrogators he had withdrawn US$3,000 from a Californian bank account on orders of Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was the founder of the militant Islamist organization Al-Qaeda, the jihadist organization responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets...
himself, to offer as bail
Bail
Traditionally, bail is some form of property deposited or pledged to a court to persuade it to release a suspect from jail, on the understanding that the suspect will return for trial or forfeit the bail...
money to lawyer Phil Rankin. The pair hoped to have Essam Marzouk
Essam Marzouk
An Egyptian resident of British Columbia, Essam Hafez Mohammed Marzouk arrived in Vancouver, Canada in 1993 as a refugee fleeing persecution in Pakistan...
released and possibly smuggle him into the United States.
In 2002, Abul-Dahab confessed to Egyptian interrogators that he had funded the1995 attack on the Egyptian Embassy in Pakistan
Attack on the Egyptian Embassy in Pakistan
Carried out by the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, the November 19 1995 attack on the Egyptian embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan was retaliation against the diplomatic staffers who were accused of gathering intelligence on Jihad factions inside Pakistan...
on orders from bin Laden, and had transferred money from a Californian bank account to Pakistan to finance the attack.
External links
- Susan Sachs and John Kifnera A Nation Challenged: Bin Laden's Lieutenant; Egyptian Raised Terror Funds in U.S. in 1990's, New York Times, October 23, 2001.
- Lance Williams. Bin Laden's Bay Area recruiter Khalid Abu-al-Dahab signed up American Muslims to be terrorists, San Francisco Chronicle, November 21, 2001.