Essam Marzouk

Essam Marzouk
BornCairo, Egypt
Other name(s) Essameddin Hafez,[1]
Isam al-Din Hafez,[2]
Fawzi Mesit Ibn Fahd Al Harbi,[3]
Abu Thir El Masri[3]
Adnan[3]
Alleged to be
a member of		 Al-Qaeda and Egyptian Islamic Jihad
Penalty15 years imprisonment
StatusImprisoned

An Egyptian resident of British Columbia,[4] Essam Hafez Mohammed Marzouk (عصام حافظ محمد مرزوق) arrived in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1993 as a refugee fleeing persecution in Pakistan.[5][6] He was one of 14 people subjected to extraordinary rendition by the CIA prior to the 2001 declaration of a war on terror.[7] Marzouk was the contact point for a bin Laden terrorist cell in Canada.[8]

In 1999, he was sentenced in Egypt to 15 years hard labour for being a member of the Egyptian terrorist group al-Jihad and for his role as an al-Qaeda training camp supervisor that trained two of the embassy bombers in the 1998 United States embassy bombings.[9][10] Marzouk was released from prison during Mohamed Morsi's presidency and was later arrested in Malaysia after a failed terrorist plot then got deported back to Egypt.[11][12]

  1. ^ Halawi, Jailan. Al-Ahram, Pre-emptive strike against Jihad Archived 2008-10-12 at the Wayback Machine, June 2–9, 1999
  2. ^ Webman, Esther. Political Islam at the Close of the Twentieth Century Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine, p. 14
  3. ^ a b c CSIS, Summary of the Security Intelligence Report concerning Mohammad Zeki Mahjoub
  4. ^ Bell, Stewart (October 13, 2005). "Bin Laden's B.C. Helper". National Post. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  5. ^ Global Terrorism Analysis: Terrorism Monitor, Volume 3, Issue 15 Archived 2007-10-11 at the Wayback Machine, July 28, 2005
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference cbc was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Mother Jones, Disappearing Act: Rendition by the Numbers, March 3, 2008
  8. ^ Sachs, Susan. "A Nation Challenged : Bin Laden's Allies; An Investigation In Egypt Illustrates Al Qaeda's Web". The New York Times.
  9. ^ "A model life, a model operative". National Post.
  10. ^ "B.C. refugee may have terrorist links". CBC News.
  11. ^ Sherman, Ray. "Malaysia: Police Arrest 9 Linked to African-Based Terror Group". Benar News.
  12. ^ H. Rodzi, Nadirah. "Malaysia arrests nine suspected foreign militants, says they plan mass attacks abroad". The Straits Times.