Midhat Mursi

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Midhat Mursi al-Sayid Umar (

South Waziristan, Pakistan.[2]

Al-Qaeda activities

Umar is believed by U.S. authorities to have run the infamous

Richard Reid, the so-called "shoe bomber", as well as Zacarias Moussaoui
. The manual is still in use by al-Qaeda operatives today.

Wrong photo

The

CIA acknowledged on 26 January 2006 that they had been using a photo of Abu Hamza al-Masri in their wanted photo for Midhat Mursi, who shared the similar alias "Abu Khabab al Masri".[3][4][5] Mursi's poster at the Rewards for Justice Program
was changed to a different photo.

Misreported death

He was reported to have been killed in the Damadola airstrike in Pakistan on 13 January 2006 along with several other al-Qaeda operatives.[6][7] The target of the strike was Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda's then-number 2 man. Pakistani intelligence originally confirmed Mursi's death in the airstrike along with al-Zawahiri's alleged son-in-law, Abdul Rehman al-Maghribi, but on 8 September 2007, the Washington Post, citing "U.S. and Pakistani officials", said that all the dead in that raid had been locals.[8]

Death

On 28 July 2008, the Pentagon confirmed al-Masri was killed in a missile strike in Pakistan that also killed five other militants including Ibrahim, the son of Ahmad Salama Mabruk.[2][9][10]

Family

Mursi's son, Mohammed al-Masri, was born in 1980 in

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant as well as al-Qaeda, though he has expressed dissatisfaction with the conduct of the former.[11]

References

  1. ^ Meyer, Josh (3 February 2008). "Al Qaeda said to focus on WMDs:A key operative and chemical engineer who was reported to have been slain is alive and leading the effort, officials say". Los Angeles Times.
  2. ^ a b "Al-Qaeda chemical expert 'killed'". BBC News. 28 July 2008.
  3. ^ [1], United Press International, 26 January 2006
  4. ^ [2], NBC, 26 January 2006
  5. ^ U.S. posts wrong photo of ‘al-Qaida operative’: After year and a half, wrong man's photo removed from wanted page, NBC News, 26 January 2006
  6. ^ WANTED: Midhat Mursi al-Sayid 'Umar – Up to $5 Million Reward Archived 10 January 2006 at the Wayback Machine. Rewards for Justice Program, US Department of State
  7. ^ U.S. Strike Killed Al Qaeda Bomb Maker: Terror Big Also Trained 'Shoe Bomber,' Moussaoui, ABC, 18 January 2006
  8. Washington Post
    , 8 September 2007
  9. ^ The National, Zawahiri lauds chemical expert Archived 6 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine, 24 August 2008
  10. ^ Al-Qaida: Explosives expert wanted by US killed
  11. ^ Mekhennet, Souad; Miller, Greg (5 August 2016). "Bloodline: He's the son of Osama bin Laden's bombmaker. Then ISIS wanted him as one of their own". The Washington Post. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
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