Saleh al-Oufi

Saleh Muhammad 'Awadullah al-'Alawi al-'Oufi
Died18 August 2005
OrganizationAl-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
PredecessorAbdel Aziz al-Muqrin

Saleh al-Oufi or Saleh Muhammad 'Awadullah al-'Alawi al-'Oufi (Arabic: صالح محمد عوض الله العلوي العوفي) (died 18 August 2005), was a member of al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia and became the leader of that group when Abdel Aziz al-Muqrin was killed in June 2004. Al-Oufi in turn was killed in August 2005, in Madinah.[1]

  1. ^ Al-Qaeda Chief in Kingdom Killed, Arab News, 19 August 2005; includes a photo of al-Oufi, originally from a Saudi wanted list