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Essam Marzouk
Born
Cairo, Egypt
Other name(s) Essameddin Hafez,[1]
Isam al-Din Hafez,[2]
Fawzi Mesit Ibn Fahd Al Harbi,[3]
Abu Thir El Masri[3]
Adnan[3]
Alleged to be
a member of		 Al-Qaeda and Egyptian Islamic Jihad
Penalty15 years imprisonment
StatusImprisoned

An Egyptian resident of

CIA prior to the 2001 declaration of a war on terror.[7] Marzouk was the contact point for a bin Laden terrorist cell in Canada.[8]

In 1999, he was sentenced in Egypt to 15 years

hard labour for being a member of the Egyptian terrorist group al-Jihad and for his role as an al-Qaeda training camp supervisor that trained two of the embassy bombers in the 1998 United States embassy bombings.[9][10] Marzouk was released from prison during Mohamed Morsi's presidency and was later arrested in Malaysia after a failed terrorist plot then got deported back to Egypt.[11][12]

Life

Born to a wealthy engineer in

Pakistan-Afghanistan border at the age of 19.[4][13]

In 1986 and 1987, he worked as an

Red Crescent hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan where he met Egyptian-Canadian Ahmed Khadr,[14][15] and later worked with the Muslim World League.[4]

From 1988-1993 he is alleged to have run an

Afghan training camp for al-Jihad.[16]

In Canada

In 1993, Marzouk acquired two fake Saudi passports and flew to

Frankfurt, Germany.[4]

Dressed as a Saudi

World Trade Center bombing in 1993, and asked if he knew any of the people involved, in the presence of his lawyer Phil Rankin.[15]

Six months after Marzouk's arrest, Mohamed returned from his trip to Sudan where he met with

permanent resident status due to their suspicions,[21] and instead granted him refugee status on December 12, 1994.[4][16]

Upon his week, Rankin allowed him to move briefly into his family home, describing him as "very polite" and allowing him to babysit his young son.[4]

Marzouk married a Canadian woman named

social assistance with a net worth of approximately C$20,000 and was being physically followed by Canadian intelligence agents.[18][21]

In 1997, the FBI found Marzouk listed in an

Wadih El-Hage's Nairobi house.[22]

That year, Marzouk co-founded an

spiritual retreat to memorise the Quran.[15] In February 1998, he sold off his company assets.[15]

Arrest and imprisonment

After five years, Marzouk left his Canadian wife and child in 1998, and flew to

Afghan training camp, as retaliation for the 1998 United States embassy bombings,[24][25] Marzouk flew to Dubai and onward to Europe, before quickly doubling back to Dubai and booking a flight to Azerbaijan.[15]

In August, a

CIA, who allowed a Canadian-raised Mossad agent to unofficially tag along as seven or eight CIA officers based in Frankfurt oversaw a local police raid on the Baku hotel room on August 20.[13][26][27]

When the Azeri police received confirmation that Saqr was in his hotel room drinking coffee with others, they stormed the room grabbing all three people they found present and brought them still barefoot to the police station. The Iranian official hadn't yet shown up, and they had instead arrested Saqr, as well as Ahmad Salama Mabruk and Marzouk, who was wearing a "shabby business suit".[13][28] They were brought to the police station, where the Mossad agent says the police "beat the crap out of them".[13]

Marzouk was

hard labour.[6][23] Marzouk was released from prison during Mohamed Morsi's presidency and was later arrested in Malaysia after a failed terrorist plot then got deported back to Egypt.[29][30]

In November 2001, the

postal box in a B.C. convenience store.[6][25]

References

  1. ^ Halawi, Jailan. Al-Ahram, Pre-emptive strike against Jihad Archived 2008-10-12 at the Wayback Machine, June 2–9, 1999
  2. ^ Webman, Esther. Political Islam at the Close of the Twentieth Century Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine, p. 14
  3. ^ a b c CSIS, Summary of the Security Intelligence Report concerning Mohammad Zeki Mahjoub
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Bell, Stewart (October 13, 2005). "Bin Laden's B.C. Helper". National Post. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  5. ^ Global Terrorism Analysis: Terrorism Monitor, Volume 3, Issue 15 Archived 2007-10-11 at the Wayback Machine, July 28, 2005
  6. ^ a b c d CBC, "B.C. refugee may have terrorist links", November 15, 2001
  7. ^ Mother Jones, Disappearing Act: Rendition by the Numbers, March 3, 2008
  8. ^ Sachs, Susan. "A Nation Challenged : Bin Laden's Allies; An Investigation In Egypt Illustrates Al Qaeda's Web". The New York Times.
  9. ^ "A model life, a model operative". National Post.
  10. ^ "B.C. refugee may have terrorist links". CBC News.
  11. ^ Sherman, Ray. "Malaysia: Police Arrest 9 Linked to African-Based Terror Group". Benar News.
  12. ^ H. Rodzi, Nadirah. "Malaysia arrests nine suspected foreign militants, says they plan mass attacks abroad". The Straits Times.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g Bell, Stewart (October 15, 2005). "Mossad's Canuck gets his man". National Post. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  14. ^ a b Michelle Shephard, "Guantanamo's Child", 2008.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h Bell, Stewart (October 14, 2005). "A model life, a model operative". National Post. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  16. ^ a b Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Summary of the Security Intelligence Report concerning Mahmoud Jaballah[permanent dead link], February 22, 2008
  17. ^ Bell, Stewart. National Post, "Under Western Eyes", October 14, 2005
  18. ^ a b c d Bell, Stewart. National Post, "Report says bin Laden paid bail in Canada"
  19. ^ Lance, Peter. "Triple Cross", 2008
  20. ^ Oziewicz, Estanislao. The Globe and Mail, "Canada freed top al-Qaeda operative", November 23, 2001
  21. ^ a b Shephard, Michelle. Toronto Star, "Branded as Terrorist Threat, Men Languish in Toronto Jail", July 17, 2004
  22. ^ Bell, Stewart. National Post, "US Embassy Bombers had Canadian Ties", March 19, 2002
  23. ^ a b Burke, Jason. The Observer, "al-Qaeda's trail of terror", November 18, 2001
  24. ^ National Post, "Dozens of Canadians join Jihad terror camps", October 22, 2003
  25. ^ a b Salopek, Paul. Chicago Tribune, "A chilling look into terror's lair", November 18, 2001
  26. ^ Salah, Muhammad. Al-Hayah, "Bin Ladin Front Reportedly Bought CBW from E. Europe", April 20, 1999
  27. ^ Salah, Muhammad. Al-Hayah, "US Said Interrogating Jihadist Over CBW", April 21, 1999
  28. ^ Ross, Michael and Jonathan Kay. "The Volunteer: The Incredible True Story of an Israeli Spy on the Trail of International Terrorists", 2007. pp 214-224
  29. ^ Sherman, Ray. "Malaysia: Police Arrest 9 Linked to African-Based Terror Group". Benar News.
  30. ^ H. Rodzi, Nadirah. "Malaysia arrests nine suspected foreign militants, says they plan mass attacks abroad". The Straits Times.
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