Jamal al-Fadl
Jamal al-Fadl | |
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Born | 1963 |
Nationality | Sudanese |
Known for | al-Qaeda informant |
Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl
Al-Qaeda
Initially working at a grocery store in
He attended meetings on August 11 and 20, 1988, with
Al-Fadl became a business agent for al-Qaeda but resented receiving a salary of only $500 a month while some of the Egyptians in al-Qaeda were given $1,200 a month. When Osama bin Laden discovered that al-Fadl had skimmed about $110,000 and asked for restitution, the latter defected and became an informant for the United States.[2][3]
Defection
After embezzling $110,000 from the organization, al-Fadl "
For the next three years Cloonan and his colleagues oversaw al-Fadl in a
His upkeep during the first 12 years of his life in
Testimony in court
Al-Fadl testified in a trial, United States v. Osama bin Laden, No. S(7) 98 Cr. 1023 (S.D. N.Y.), Feb. 6, 2001 (transcript pp. 218–219, 233); Feb. 13, 2001 (transcript pp. 514–516); Feb. 20, 2001 (transcript p. 890).
In January 2001, the trial began in
Al-Fadl was taken on as a key prosecution witness, who, along with a number of other sources, claimed that Osama bin Laden was the leader of a large international terrorist organization which was called al-Qaeda. al-Fadl provided a list of 25 names he claimed were the key members of the group, which included five identifiable Saudis and six identifiable Egyptians.[11]
Fatwa
In giving testimony, Jamal al-Fadl described a 1992
Q. Can you tell us now what Abu Hajer al Iraqi said about Ibn al Tamiyeh?
A. He said that our time now is similar like in that time, and he say Ibn al Tamiyeh, when a tartar come to Arabic war, Arabic countries that time, he say some Muslims, they help them. And he says Ibn al Tamiyeh, he make a fatwah. He said anybody around the tartar, he buy something from them and he sell them something, you should kill him. And also, if when you attack the tartar, if anybody around them, anything, or he's not military or that -- if you kill him, you don't have to worry about that. If he's a good person, he go to paradise and if he's a bad person, he go to hell.[12][14]
Al-Fadl's debriefing
The transcripts from his debriefing ran to 900 pages. According to the New York Times:
"The transcripts themselves emerged from a messy process: The videotapes they detail were made by mistake, from 2000 to 2002, by federal marshals who had set up the videophone hookup so prosecutors in New York could keep in close touch with Mr. Fadl. Prosecutors and the F.B.I. had not authorized the taping, and when prosecutors learned of it in 2002 they were shocked, knowing they would have to share the tapes with defense lawyers who were appealing the embassy bombings verdict."
The
See also
- Bin Laden Issue Station - the CIA's bin Laden tracking unit, 1996–2005
- The Power of Nightmares; BBC Documentary
- Fatāwā of Osama bin Laden
References
- ^ Jamal al-Fadl testimony, United States vs. Osama bin Laden et al., trial transcript, Day 2, Feb. 6, 2001.
- ^ a b
Gus Martin, ed. (2011). The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism, Second Edition. ISBN 9781483305646. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
Fadl, a Sudanese man who became the third rank-and-file member to swear bayat, ot loyalty oath, to bin Laden, defected after embezzling money from al Qaeda.
- ^ a b "9-11 Commission Report" (PDF). 9/11 Commission. 2003. p. 79. Retrieved 2008-01-19.
- ISBN 978-1-9821-7053-0.
- ^ Wright, Lawrence. "The Looming Tower", 2006. p. 131-134
- ^ Indictment of Enaam Arnaout Archived 2007-06-30 at the Wayback Machine in 2002, archived at the United States Department of Justice
- ^ Benjamin, Daniel & Steven Simon. "The Age of Sacred Terror", 2002
- ^ Junior: The clandestine life of America’s top Al Qaeda source
- ^ Andrew Marshall, "Terror 'blowback' burns CIA", Independent on Sunday, Nov. 1, 1998; 9/11 Commission Report, chapter 2, pp.58-9, 62; ibid, chapter 4, pp.109, 118 (HTML version); ibid, chapter 11, pp.341-2 (HTML version); Coll, Ghost Wars, pp.155, 336, 367, 474; Jack Cloonan interview, PBS, July 13, 2005; Michael Scheuer interview, PBS, July 21, 2005; Jane Mayer, "Junior: The clandestine life of America's top Al Qaeda source", The New Yorker, Sept. 4, 2006 (issue of Sept. 11, 2006).
- ^ Mayer, Jane, "The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals", 2008. p. 117
- S2CID 214002117.
- ^ ISBN 9780099523277.
- ISBN 9780375414862. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
One Thursday evening, Abu Hajer addressed the ethics of killing innocent people.
- ^ "UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. USAMA BIN LADEN, et al., Day 2 of the trial". Natsios Young Architects. Digital file from the Court Reporters Office, Southern District of New York. February 6, 2001. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ^ a b
New York Times. Retrieved 2008-01-19.
External links
- "http://www.9-11commission.gov/"
- The 9/11 Commission Report
- "Interview: Jack Cloonan", PBS, Oct. 18, 2005 (detailed account of al-Fadl by his "minder" in the US)
- In-depth profile by the New Yorker, September 2006
- The Making of the Terror Myth - The Guardian, October 15, 2004
Copies of al-Fadl's testimony in USA v. Osama bin Ladin et al. at the
- 6 February 2001
- 7 February 2001, includes al-Fadl's testimony on why he defected
- 13 February 2001