Mohammad Zeki Mahjoub
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Mohammed Zeki Mahjoub (Arabic: محمد زكي محجوب ) (aka. Mahmoud Shaker[1]) is an Egyptian-Canadian who was arrested in May 2000 on a security certificate for alleged ties to both the Vanguards of Conquest and al-Qaeda.[2]
Mahjoub worked at Al-Thimar al-Mubaraka, a Sudanese agricultural firm managed by Osama bin Laden where his supervisor was Mubarak al-Duri.[3] He maintains he left the job following an argument about wages in approximately 1994, and has had no contact with anybody since then.[4]
In 1995, he entered Canada as a refugee using a fake passport, and stayed with the in-laws of Ahmed Said Khadr for three weeks.[4][5] His refugee status was granted in 1996.
In the 1999 case of the Returnees from Albania, an Egyptian military court sentenced Mohammed Mahjoub in absentia to 15 years imprisonment for his part is Islamist terrorism against Egypt.
On 12 April 2007 he was let out of jail[6], but his movement is still under strong restrictions and is monitored by a tracking device.[7] He lives in greater Toronto.
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[edit] References
- ^ UNHCR information on Mahjoub and other wanted Egyptians
- ^ The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and The Solicitor General of Canada v. Mohamed Zeki Mahjoub, 5 October 2001
- ^ Bin Laden WMD chief once lived in B.C., National Post, 26 November 2005
- ^ a b MacLeon, Ian. Ottawa Citizen, "The warning lights were all blinking red", February 23 2008
- ^ Bell, Stewart. National Post, "FBI hunts for 'The Canadian': Former Ottawa man appears on primary list of suspected bin Laden associates", October 10, 2001
- ^ Judge frees 'senior' terrorism suspect (meaning Mahmoud Jaballah, but mentions release of Mahjoub), Globe and Mail, 14 April 2007
- ^ Mahjoub ordered freed pending government review of case, Globe and Mail, 15 February 2007
