Omar al-Faruq
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Omar al-Faruq (1971 - September 25, 2006) was a Kuwaiti citizen of Iraqi heritage, and senior al Qaeda cadre, who escaped from the Bagram high value detention centre. Al-Faruq was a liaison between al Qaeda and Islamic militants in the Far East, particularly Jemaah Islamiyah. Al-Faruq was captured in Indonesia in June 2002. Al-Faruq's capture was based on information derived from the capture of Abu Zubaydah.
In July 2005, al-Faruq escaped from Bagram prison with three other al Qaeda suspects. The U.S. did not acknowledge his escape until November when they were unable to produce him as a witness called by the defense in the trial of a U.S. sergeant accused of abuse at the prison.
On September 25, 2006, Al-Faruq was killed by British troops operating in the Iraqi city of Basra. The operations took place in pre-dawn hours and involved over 200 soldiers. There were no British casualties.
After his arrest in Indonesia, he was suspected by many to have been a CIA-recruited agent, which is rumored to have been an attempt to making Islamic groups the scapegoats for all terrorism incidents.
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- ↑ Profile: Omar al-Farouq, BBC, September 25, 2006
- ↑ US resumes arms trading with Islam's 'voice of moderation', The Times, November 24, 2005
- ↑ CIA-recruited Al Qaeda Agent Omar al-Faruq Escapes from US Military Prison in Afghanistan, Guerilla News Network, November 6, 2005
- ↑ Confessions of an al-Qaeda Terrorist, Time (magazine), September 15, 2002
- ↑ Top al Qaeda figure killed in Iraq, Reuters, September 25, 2006
- ↑ Omar Al-Faruq Recruited by The CIA
