Atijah Abd al Rahman
Atijah Abd Al Rahman ( Arabic عطية عبد الرحمن Atiyah Abdur-rahman , DMG ʿAṭṭīya ʿAbdu r-Raḥmān , also Atiyah Abdul-Rahman ; * 20th century in Libya ; † August 22, 2011 in Pakistan ) was, according to the US State Department, a high-ranking Libyan al-Qaeda member and member of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group and Ansar al-Sunna . He was reportedly in Pakistan by a drone attack of the CIA killed on 22 August 2011th He was previously declared dead in October 2010.
Atijah Abd Al Rahman is believed to be the "Atijah" who wrote an order letter to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in December 2005 . The US State Department announcement says about Abd Al Rahman:
- was a Libyan in his early 40s (born around 1970);
- operates from Iran as a representative of al-Qaeda against other Islamist terrorist groups;
- was appointed to this role by Osama bin Laden ;
- met bin Laden as a teenager;
- fled to the Republic of the Congo with bin Laden in 2001 .
The US State Department had put up to $ 1 million on him.
The Washington Post wrote in a 2006 portrait that Atijah volunteered as a teenager in the 1980s to fight the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in Afghanistan .
Web links
- Viewing Cross-Reference Record: AL-LIBI, Atiyah 'Abd al-Rahman , Excluded Parties List System . July 27, 2011. Archived from the original on April 14, 2012. Retrieved on August 27, 2011.
- Atiyah Abd al-Rahman: Up to $ 1 Million Reward , National Counterterrorism Center . Archived from the original on March 25, 2012. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
- Wanted: Atiyah Abl al-Rahman , National Counterterrorism Center . Retrieved August 27, 2011. mirror
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Wanted poster on Atiyah ( Memento June 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Rewards for Justice Program , US Department of State
- ↑ Al Qaeda No. 2 Atiyah Abd al-Rahman Killed in Pakistan
- ↑ MATT APUZZO / AP: US official: Al-Qaida's No. 2 killed in Pakistan
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/world/asia/28qaeda.html
- ↑ Press Trust Of India: 'Million dollar' Al Qaeda leader killed in drone attack in Pakistan
- ^ Washington Post article on the Atiyah-to-Zarqawi letter
- ↑ Atiyah letter to Zarqawi ( Memento August 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), English translation by the United States Military Academy
- ^ Al-Qaeda's New Leadership , Washington Post . 2006. Archived from the original on August 27, 2011. Retrieved on August 27, 2011.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Abd al Rahman, Atijah |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Abdul-Rahman, Atiyah; Abdur-rahman, Atiyah |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Libyan al-Qaeda member |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Libya |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 22, 2011 |
| Place of death | Pakistan |