Ibrahim Sulayman Muhammad al-Rubaysh | |
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Born | Ibrahim Sulayman Muhammad al-Rubaish 7 July 1979[1] |
Died | 12 April 2015 | (aged 35)
Cause of death | Drone attack |
Criminal status | Detained at Guantanamo, repatriated in 2006 and placed on the Saudi most wanted list in 2009. Became senior leader in AQAP, killed in drone strike |
Ibrahim Sulayman Muhammad al-Rubaish (July 7, 1979 – April 12, 2015) was a terrorist and a senior leader of Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba. He was released into the custody of Saudi Arabian authorities and then escaped in 2006.[2] He became AQAP's mufti (expounder of Islamic law).