Mohammed Odeh

Mohammed Saddiq Odeh
Odeh being transported to United States from Kenya, 1998
Born (1965-03-01) 1 March 1965 (age 59)[1]
Tabouk, Saudi Arabia
Arrested1998
Karachi, Pakistan
Inter-Services Intelligence and FBI
CitizenshipJordanian and Kenyan
Detained at United States Penitentiary, Coleman I, Florida[2]
Other name(s) Khalid Salim
ISN42375-054
Alleged to be
a member of
al-Qaeda
Charge(s)1998 US embassy attacks
Penaltylife imprisonment (2001)
Statusin prison
SpouseNassem Nassor born August 15, 1969 [1]
ChildrenYasser 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, Mahdouh 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.