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Ahmed Mohammed Hamed Ali
Photo courtesy of: FBI
aka "Ahmed the Egyptian"
aka "Shuaib"
aka "Abu Islam al Surir"
Member: al-Qaida **RF1**
Ali, an Egyptian national, is one of five indicted by a U.S.
federal grand jury on December 20, 2000, for the 1998 East African embassy bombings.
Faces up to life in prison for his involvement. He is currently at large. **RF2**
He reportedly did not play a direct role in the 1998 embassy bombings, but he
did help train the Somalian gunmen who murdered 18 U.S. servicemen in 1993.
American authorities are currently holding a man named Ihab Ali who may or may
not have a relation to this man.
REFERENCES:
**RF1** Stephen Engelberg, "One Man and a Global Web of Violence," New York Times, January 14, 2001, pp. 1 and 12-13; and United States v. Usama bin Laden et al., S (7) 98 Cr. 1023 (LBS), pp. 4 and 11-12.
**RF2** Judith Miller, "Killing for the Glory of God, In a Land Far From Home," New York Times, January 16, 2001, p. A9.
SOURCE:
Excerpted from Usama Bin Laden's al-Qaida: Profile of a Terrorist Network, by Yonah Alexander and Michael S. Swetnam. NY: Transnational Publishers, 2001.