alias Saleh
Senior al-Qaeda suspect
Egypt
1998 United States embassy bombings
| Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah alias Saleh |
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Senior al-Qaeda suspect
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| Born | circa 1963 Egypt |
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| Known for | On the list of FBI Most Wanted Terrorists 1998 United States embassy bombings |
Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah (Arabic: عبدالله أحمد عبدالله; born about 1963) (AAA) is an Egyptian national wanted[1][2] by the United States for his part in the 1998 American embassy bombings in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and especially Nairobi, Kenya. The FBI lists[2] his aliases Abu Mariam, Abu Mohamed Al-Masri, and Saleh, which may be[3] an abbreviation of Saleh Gamal.
According to the indictment, AAA
AAA's location since he fled Nairobi has been unknown. In the few years after his disappearance, he was generally thought to be in tribal Afghanistan or Pakistan.[4] Later speculation put him in Iran under the protection of the Quds Force,[5] and in Somalia under the protection of the Islamic Courts Union.[6] A more substantial report,[7] citing unnamed UN and other sources, says that AAA and other al-Qaeda personnel were in Liberia around 2001, buying conflict diamonds on behalf of al-Qaeda. But another claim about Iran has appeared; the MIPT record on AAA[8] reads in part
A joint Saudi-Egyptian-Jordanian intelligence inquiry in April 2006 concluded that Abdullah currently resides in Southeast Iran, under the protection of the Hamze unit of the Revolutionary Guards.
AAA was one of the 22 original members, and is still a member, of the FBI's list of Most Wanted Terrorists. The State Department, through the Rewards for Justice Program, is offering up to US$5 million for information on the location of Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah.[9]