Mustafa Mohamed Fadhil (Arabic: مصطفى محمد فضيل, also known as Abdul Wakil al-Masri[1]) (23 June 1976 – date of death unknown) was a citizen of Kenya and Egypt, who was indicted[2] in the United States for his part in the bombings of their embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya.[3][4]
Mustafa Mohamed Fadhil | |
|---|---|
 Al-Qaeda operative Murder suspect | |
| Born | 23 June 1976 Cairo, Egypt |
| Died | Unknown date |
Accused activity
editFadhil was accused of preparing TNT and loading that TNT (plus other explosives) into the truck, which was used as a bomb in Tanzania. He was wanted on eleven counts of murder, several weapons and conspiracy charges, and charges which applied specifically to attacks against American government personnel and facilities.
Fadhil fled Nairobi to Karachi on 2 August 1998, on the same airliner as Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan.
Fadhil was on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list from its inception on 10 October 2001. He served as Abdul Hadi al-Iraqi's second-in-command. A leaked Guantanamo Bay file and an interrogation of al-Qaeda operative Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani revealed that Fadhil was eventually killed in Afghanistan.[5][6]
In May 2005, Fadhil's name was removed from both the FBI's list and the US State Department's Rewards for Justice list.[7][8]
In December 2013, al-Qaeda spokesperson Adam Gadahn confirmed the death of Fadhil, referring to him as a "martyr".[9]
References
edit- ^ "Making Sense of Jihad: A Study of "Martyrs in a Time of Alienation" (XVII)". Archived from the original on 2014-03-12. Retrieved 2013-04-24.
- ^ "USA v. Usama bin Laden et al., Center for Nonproliferation Studies" (PDF). Webarchive.loc.gov. 2001-11-10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2001-11-10. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ^ "MUSTAFA MOHAMED FADHIL". FBI Most Wanted Terrorists. 7 April 2004. Archived from the original on 7 April 2004. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Mustafa Mohamed Fadhil". Rewards for Justice. 10 August 2005. Archived from the original on 11 October 2004. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "JTF-GTMO Detainee Assessment" (PDF). Department of Defense. 24 February 2008. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
- ^ "Interview of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani" (PDF). U.S. Department of Justice. 12 December 2008. p. 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-16.
- ^ "Federal Bureau of Investigation Most Wanted Terrorists". 7 May 2005. Archived from the original on 7 May 2005. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ^ "Rewards for Justice Wanted Terrorist page in English". 10 August 2005. Archived from the original on 10 August 2005. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ^ Project), A. de la Paz, Columbia University (The Base-Research. "2013 11 30 - The Crime of Kidnapping Abu Anas Al Libi and Its..." www.documentcloud.org. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
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