Ahmed Ali Yusuf (Somali: Ahmed Yuusuf, Arabic: أحمد يوسف) (born November 20, 1974, in Garbahaarreey, Somalia) is a Somali-born Swedish citizen who was listed on the United Nations list of individuals belonging to or associated with the al-Qaeda organisation.[1]
Yusuf was put on the list because of his affiliation with the Somali-based wire transfer network al-Barakat, which the U.S. accused of connections with al-Qaeda. Two other Somali-Swedes, Abdirisak Aden and Abdi Abdulaziz Ali, were also listed for the same reasons. The 9-11 Commission Report concluded that the 9-11 hijackers had not used hawala funds transfers, that all of their funds transfers were done through ordinary Europeand and American banks.
Yusuf was removed from the list on August 24, 2006, when the U.S. dropped all charges against him.[2]