Safaa Mohammed Ali (1982-November 9, 2005) was an Iraqi militant who carried out the 2005 Amman bombings.[1] He has been also referred to[by whom?] as one of the Al-Qaeda members who planned the 9/11 bombing on The Pentagon and the Twin Towers.[citation needed] He is also associated with a planned attack on the White House.[citation needed]
Safaa Mohammed Ali | |
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Born | 1982 |
Died | November 9, 2005 | (aged 22–23)
He was captured in November 2004 by U.S. forces during the battle of Fallujah and he was released two weeks later because his captors failed to identify him as a combatant.[2] Nearly a year later he detonated a suicide vest as one of the perpetrators of the 2005 Amman bombings.
References
edit- ^ Jackie Spinner (2005-11-15). "Motive Glimpsed in Jordan Attack". The Washington Post. pp. A18. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
Jordanian officials have identified the two other bombers as Rawad Jassem Mohammed Abed and Safaa Mohammed Ali, both 23.
- ^ Cordesman, Anthony H.; Davies, Emma R. (2007). Iraq's Insurgency and the Road to Civil Conflict. Vol. 1. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 159. ISBN 9780313349973.