Ahmed Refai Taha

Refa'i Ahmed Taha
رفاعي أحمد طه
Born(1954-06-24)June 24, 1954
Egypt
DiedApril 5, 2016(2016-04-05) (aged 61)
Idlib, Syria
Cause of deathDrone strike
NationalityEgyptian
Other namesRefa'i Ahmed Taha Musa, Ahmed Refa'i Taha, Abu Yasser al-Masri
Years active1993–2016
Known forLeader in al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya

Refa'i Ahmed Taha (Arabic: رفاعي أحمد طه; June 24, 1954 – April 5, 2016) or Refa'i Ahmed Taha Musa or Ahmed Refa'i Taha, alias Abu Yasser al-Masri (Arabic: أبو ياسر المصري) was an Egyptian leader of a terrorist component of al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya,[1] having succeeded "The Blind Sheikh" Omar Abdel-Rahman in that role after the latter's arrest in 1993 and imprisonment for life in 1995. He was one of 14 people subjected to extraordinary rendition by the CIA prior to the 2001 declaration of a War on Terror.[2]

  1. ^ "Copy of indictment] USA v. Usama bin Laden et al" (PDF). Center for Nonproliferation Studies. Monterey Institute of International Studies. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-14.
  2. ^ Mother Jones, Disappearing Act: Rendition by the Numbers, 3 March 2008