Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades

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The Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades (Arabic: كتائب أبو حفص المصري), or Abu Hafs al-Masri Battalions, was a group which claims to be a branch of the Islamic fundamentalist organisation Al-Qaeda.

The group is named after a former policeman Mohammed Atef, aka Abu Hafs, of Egypt, who was a member of Ayman al-Zawahiri's al-Jihad al-Islami (Islamic Jihad). Al-Masri means "the Egyptian" in Arabic. He became a relative to Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaeda leader, after his daughter married bin Laden's son, Mohammed bin Laden. He was killed by U.S. airstrikes in Afghanistan in late 2001. He has been adopted as a "martyr" to the fundamentalist cause.

The group have not claimed any attacks since 2005 and is observed as defunct.