Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl
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Jamal Ahmed al Fadl, a Sudanese-born Arab, was recruited for the Afghan war through the Farouq mosque in Brooklyn. He joined al Qaeda and took an oath of fealty to Osama bin Laden but later became an informant to the US government on al Qaeda activities.
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[edit] Association with Osama bin Laden
Most of what is publicly known about Jamal Al Fadl came through the The 9/11 Commission Report. Fadl became a business agent for al Qaeda but resented receiving a salary of only $500 a month while some of the Egyptians in al Qaeda were given $1,200 a month. Osama bin Laden discovered that Fadl had skimmed about $110,000 and asked for restitution. Fadl then defected and became a star informant for the United States. See page 79 of The 9/11 Commission Report. [1]
In the summer of 1996, Fadl walked into an U.S. embassy in Africa and established the fact he was a former senior employee of Bin Laden and provided a major breakthrough on intelligence on al Qaeda. This may explain in part the 1998 embassy bombings in Africa.
[edit] Fadl testifies in court
Fadl testified in a trial United States v. Usama bin Laden, No. S(7) 98 Cr. 1023 (S.D. N.Y.), Feb. 6, 2001 (transcript pp. 218-219, 233); Feb. 13, 2001 (transcript pp. 514-516); Feb. 20, 2001 (transcript p.890).
[edit] Book
Fadl is also mentioned in the book Inside Al Qaeda: Global Network of Terror by Rohan Gunaratna.
