Mohammed Saddiq Odeh | |
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Born | [1] Tabouk, Saudi Arabia | 1 March 1965
Arrested | 1998 Karachi, Pakistan Inter-Services Intelligence and FBI |
Citizenship | Jordanian and Kenyan |
Detained at | United States Penitentiary, Coleman I, Florida[2] |
Other name(s) | Khalid Salim |
ISN | 42375-054 |
Alleged to be a member of | al-Qaeda |
Charge(s) | 1998 US embassy attacks |
Penalty | life imprisonment (2001) |
Status | in prison |
Spouse | Nassem Nassor born August 15, 1969 [1] |
Children | Yasser Boy |
Mohammed Saddiq Odeh (born 1 March 1965)[1] is a Saudi-born al-Qaeda member, sentenced in October 2001 to life imprisonment for his parts in the US embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania on August 7, 1998. Odeh was convicted along with three co-conspirators: Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali, Khalfan Khamis Mohamed and Wadih el Hage. Another defendant, Ali Mohamed, pleaded guilty the previous year. Another, Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, was awaiting trial, and three additional defendants were fighting extradition in England.[3]
He is currently imprisoned in the United States Penitentiary in Coleman, Florida.