Mamdouh Mahmud Salim | |
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| ممدوح محمود سالم | |
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| Born | 1958 (age 65–66) |
| Nationality | Kurdish from Iraq, born in Sudan[2] |
| Other names | Abu Hajer al-Iraqi[1] أبو هاجر العراقي |
| Criminal status | Incarcerated at ADX Florence |
| Conviction(s) | Attempted murder |
| Criminal charge | Terrorism |
| Penalty | Life imprisonment without parole |
Mamdouh Mahmud Salim (Arabic: ممدوح محمود سالم, Mamdūḥ Maḥmūd Sālim; b. 1958 in Sudan) is a Kurdish co-founder of the Islamist terrorist network al-Qaeda. He was arrested on 16 September 1998 near Munich.[3] On 20 December 1998, he was extradited to the United States, where he was charged[4] with participating in the 1998 United States embassy bombings.
He was convicted of attempted murder after stabbing one prison guard during an attempted escape on 1 November 2000. He was sentenced to 32 years for the crimes in May 2004.[5][6] In December 2008, however, a federal appeals judge ruled that the judge in the case was in error when he ruled that the stabbing was not part of a terrorism plot. He ordered resentencing.[7]
He was re-sentenced to life without parole in August 2010.[8] He is now an inmate of the ADX Florence facility.
- ^ Fitzgerald, Patrick J. United States of America v. Enaam M. Arnaout, "Governments Evidentiary Proffer Supporting the Admissibility of Co-Conspirator Statements", before Hon. Suzanne B. Conlon
- ^ The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11; Lawrence Wright; p. 193
- ^ Complete report of the 9-11 Commission (large PDF file)
- ^ Copy of indictment Archived 2012-09-06 at the Wayback Machine USA v. Usama bin Laden et al., Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies
- ^ Williams, Paul L., "Al Qaeda: Brotherhood of Terror", 2002
- ^ Bin Laden aide sentenced to 32 years in prison for jail stabbing, CNN, 4 March 2004
- ^ Benjamin Weiser (2008-12-02). "Panel Rules Jail Stabbing Constituted Terrorism". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2018-01-15. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
- ^ "Ex-bin Laden aide gets life for prison stabbing". USA Today. 2010-08-31.