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Long War Journal
September 8, 2017
2007 – The US military targeted Abu Taha al-Sudani (or Tariq Abdullah), Qaeda's leader in East Africa, and either Fazul Abdullah Mohammed and Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan. Fazul is al Qaeda's operations chief for East Africa, while Sudani is the chief strategist and ideologue. Sudani is thought to have beenÃâà...
ABC News
October 25, 2016
Fazul Abdullah Mohammed A notorious leader of al-Qaeda in East Africa, Mohammed was gunned down at a police checkpoint in Somalia by transitional government troops in what was believed to have been an confrontation set up by members of the jihadi insurgent group al-Shabab, according to a reportÃâà...
New York Times
October 25, 2012
He was Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, a Qaeda leader in East Africa and, it turns out, the author of an autobiography that is now playing a role in a terrorism case in Federal District Court in Manhattan. “The main principle of our work in Kenya was to remain covert,” Mr. Mohammed wrote in one excerpt quotedÃâà...
Telegraph.co.uk
July 12, 2012
Ritz, Dorchester and Eton on al Qaeda wishlist. Al Qaeda planned to burn down the Ritz or Dorchester hotel and attack an Eton College open day, documents found on a dead terror leader have revealed. Fazul Abdullah Mohammed Photo: EPA. Tom Whitehead. By Tom Whitehead, Security Editor. 7:00AMÃâà...
Toronto Star
July 11, 2012
... by the Toronto Star, the meticulously prepared documents that detail plots for a kidnapping and attacks on the prestigious Eton College, Jewish neighbourhoods and the posh Ritz and Dorchester hotels in London, were uncovered last year when senior Al Qaeda leader Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, 38,Ãâà...
Foreign Policy
July 26, 2011
The soldiers opened fire on the vehicle, and a brief firefight ensued; when the dust settled, it soon became clear that the Somali troops had killed Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, who was both a founder of the Somali extremist group al-Shabab and the leader of al Qaeda in Somalia. This success represents aÃâà...
BBC News
June 15, 2011
The South African passport carried by senior al-Qaeda militant Fazul Abdullah Mohammed was a forgery, South African officials say. Mr Mohammed was reported killed last week in Somalia in a shootout with police in the capital, Mogadishu. Somali sources said he was carrying $40,000 in cash and aÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
June 14, 2011
Civilians look at the suspected body of Fazul Abdullah Mohammed (L), one of Africa's most wanted al Qaeda operatives, and an unidentified colleague killed at a police checkpoint in Somalia's capital Mogadishu in this picture taken June 8, 2011. Somali police said on Saturday that Abdullah Mohammed,Ãâà...
New York Times
June 11, 2011
NAIROBI, Kenya — Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, Al Qaeda's leader in East Africa and the mastermind of the American Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, was killed in a late-night shootout at a security checkpoint in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, Somali and American officials said Saturday.
BBC News
June 11, 2011
Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, reported to have been killed in the Somali capital Mogadishu, has long been one of the most wanted al-Qaeda suspects. He was indicted by the US government for his alleged involvement in the 1998 US embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. He is also thought to haveÃâà...
New York Times
June 11, 2011
NAIROBI, Kenya — Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, Al Qaeda's leader in East Africa and the mastermind of the American Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, was killed in a late-night shootout at a security checkpoint in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, Somali and American officials said Saturday.
Long War Journal
November 11, 2009
Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal. Tags: Shabaab, Somalia. 8 Comments. Dan A says: November 11, 2009 at 10:28 am. Your intelligence is awesome. I'd love to know if the text from speech was posted on their web site,Ãâà...
CBS News
January 12, 2007
Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, known as Haroun Fazil to his fellow terrorists, had a key role in the twin truck bombings of two U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania on Aug. 7, 1998, that killed 224 people and injured thousands. He has also trained Islamic militants in Somalia and allegedly organized moreÃâà...
