Mamdouh Mahmud Salim
Mamdouh Mahmud Salim | |
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| ممدوح محمود سالم | |
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| Born | 1958 (age 65–66) |
| Nationality | Kurdish from Iraq, born in Sudan[2] |
| Other names | Abu Hajer al-Iraqi[1] أبو هاجر العراقي |
| Criminal status | Incarcerated at ADX Florence |
| Conviction(s) | Attempted murder |
| Criminal charge | Terrorism |
| Penalty | Life imprisonment without parole |
Mamdouh Mahmud Salim (
He was convicted of attempted murder after stabbing one prison guard during an attempted escape on 1 November 2000. He was sentenced to 32 years for the crimes in May 2004.[5][6] In December 2008, however, a federal appeals judge ruled that the judge in the case was in error when he ruled that the stabbing was not part of a terrorism plot. He ordered resentencing.[7]
He was re-sentenced to life without parole in August 2010.[8] He is now an inmate of the ADX Florence facility.
Founding al-Qaeda in 1988
Salim was trained as a communications engineer.
According to
He is also credited by al-Fadl's testimony with a 1992
In testimony al-Fadl was asked: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.[15][9]
He was arrested approximately September 8, 1998, in Germany, and extradited to the United States. However, his joint bank account with
Indictment for the embassy bombings
Salim's name occurs frequently in 157-page indictment, sometimes alongside the name of Osama bin Laden and no one else. According to the indictment:
- He was a member of the majlis al shura of al-Qaeda
- He managed al-Qaeda guesthouses in Afghanistan and Pakistan
- He purchased land for training camps
- He purchased warehouses for storage of items including explosives, and purchased communications and electronics equipment
- He transferred funds between corporate accounts
- He transported money and weapons to members of al-Qaeda and associated terrorist organizations
- He traveled, on behalf of al Qaeda and its affiliated groups, to Malaysia, China, the Philippines, and Germany
- He worked with Wadih el-Hage in various of bin Laden's companies
- He helped to obtain communications equipment for the Sudanese intelligenceservice
- He made efforts [in 1993] to obtain the components of nuclear weapons
- In September 1998, he lied to German and American law enforcement regarding al-Qaeda, Egyptian Islamic Jihad, and the embassy bombings
- In 2000, while under arrest by American civil authorities, he participated in the capture and assault of a prison guard (who was seriously and permanently injured) and tried to take other hostages
- Several times around 1992 and again around 1996, he "met with an Iranian religious official in Khartoum as part of an overall effort to arrange a tripartite agreement between al Qaeda, the National Islamic Front of Sudan, and elements of the Government of Iran to work together against the United States, Israel and other Western countries".
References
- ^ Fitzgerald, Patrick J. United States of America v. Enaam M. Arnaout, "Governments Evidentiary Proffer Supporting the Admissibility of Co-Conspirator Statements", before Hon. Suzanne B. Conlon
- ^ The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11; Lawrence Wright; p. 193
- ^ Complete report of the 9-11 Commission (large PDF file)
- Monterey Institute of International Studies
- ^ Williams, Paul L., "Al Qaeda: Brotherhood of Terror", 2002
- ^ Bin Laden aide sentenced to 32 years in prison for jail stabbing, CNN, 4 March 2004
- New York Times. Archivedfrom the original on 2018-01-15. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
- ^ "Ex-bin Laden aide gets life for prison stabbing". USA Today. 2010-08-31.
- ^ ISBN 9780099523277.
- ^ 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
- ^ a b c Benjamin, Daniel & Steven Simon. "The Age of Sacred Terror", 2002
- ^ Federal Bureau of Investigation, Interview of anonymous source, May 15, 1998
- ^ 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.
