Wali Khan Amin Shah

Wali Khan Amin Shah (Arabic: والي خان أمين شاه) (He had many aliases, including Osama Turkestani, Osama Asmuray, and Grabi Ibrahim Hahsen), convicted on charges of terrorism, was a man who had a role in the foiled Operation Bojinka terrorist attack plot.

Pre-war against Communist invasion

Shah, an Afghan he owned half of the shares of the company. Shah carried several false passports under various aliases, including Norwegian, Saudi, Afghan, and four Pakistani aliases.

While in Metro Manila, he got a girlfriend named Arminda Costudio, a waitress at the Manila Bay Club on Roxas Boulevard in Pasay City. Costudio also met Khalid Shaikh Mohammed on several occasions.

Attack on Philippines

Shah bombed the Greenbelt Theatre in Manila, Philippines on December 1, injuring several people. In January 1995 Shah traveled from Pakistan to Manila via Kuala Lumpur and Singapore to rendezvous with Yousef [1].

The Bojinka plot was discovered by police on January 6, 1995. He was arrested by Manila police at an apartment on Singalong Street on January 11, but he escaped on short order 77 hours later. He was given a false passport with the name "Osama Turkestani" on it so that he could escape. He lived on the island of Langkawi until his rearrest. He was arrested in Malaysia in December of that year. He was later sent to American authorities.

When investigators found Shah, he had mangled hands and was missing three of his ten fingers. His legs were heavily scraped by shrapnel, and he had a surgical scar on his stomach. This had been a result in his battle against the Soviets.

Ramzi Yousef, one of Shah's partners, was arrested in Pakistan in February 1995.

Shah attempted to escape from United States custody and failed [2].

Shah is now serving a life sentence in prison. He has been cooperating with the United States Government since August 1998.

External links

CNN Article on Shah's conviction - Has a picture of Shah

Pre-war against Communist invasion

Attack on Philippines

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