Mohammed Mansour Jabarah
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| Born: | 1981 (age 26–27) |
| Detained at: | U.S. supermax prison in Florence, Colorado |
| Status | life sentence |
Mohammed Mansour Jabarah (b. ~1981) was an al-Qaeda operative. He is currently serving a life sentence in the U.S. supermax prison in Florence, Colorado.[1]
At the age of 12, Jabarah moved to Canada with his family and attended a Catholic high school in St. Catherines, Ontario.[2]
A childhood friend, Anas al-Kandari, introduced him to al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden during summers in Kuwait.[3]
Jabarah trained in Afghanistan and vowed allegiance to bin Laden in May 2001.[3] He admitted working with Khalid Sheik Mohammed and an Indonesian operative known as Hambali on separate missions, traveling to Singapore and the Philippines to engage in financing attacks on U.S. interests and planning potential bombings.[3] After the plots fell through, Jabarah fled to Oman, where Mohammed ordered him to set up an al Qaeda safe house.[3]
[edit] Arrest
Jabarah was arrested by local authorities in February 2002 and was deported to his home country of Canada, where he cooperated with Canadian intelligence officials.[3] In May he agreed to cooperate with U.S. authorities and was turned over to them.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Shephard, Michelle (2008-01-19). Canadian gets life in terror plot: St. Catharines man met with top Al Qaeda officials in devising plan to bomb U.S. embassies. The Star.
- ^ Brown, Stephen. Front Page Magazine, "Maple Leaf Terror", February 26, 2004
- ^ a b c d e f White, Josh; Keith B. Richburg (2008-01-19). Terror Informant for FBI Allegedly Targeted Agents: Once-Trusted Jabarah Sentenced to Prison. Washington Post.
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