- Issam Alim
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Issam Abdel-Tawab Abdel Alim (عصام عبدالتواب عبدالعليم) was a member of al-Jihad convicted in Egypt's Returnees from Albania case. He was the only member extradited from Bulgaria, following his capture by the CIA in Sofia in July 1998.[1][2] He was one of 14 people subjected to extraordinary rendition by the CIA prior to the 2001 declaration of a War on Terror.[3]
During his interrogations, he alleged he was frequently tortured; his genitals were repeatedly electrocuted and his right arm incapacitated after being the subject of a "sharpening tool".[4]
At trial, he described how the group begain training its recruits in Yemen in 1990, where they were schooled in Sharia, political history of militant Islamic movements, surveillance techniques and document forgery.[5] He also noted that he had met Muhammad al-Zawahiri in the country.[6]
Held incommunicado from his arrest on July 13 until September 12, he was sentenced to either 10 or 15 years' imprisonment.[7]
References
- ^ Canadian Security Intelligence Service, "Summary of the Security Intelligence Report concerning Mohamed Zeki Mahjoub", February 22, 2008.
- ^ Cageprisoners.com, Ghost: Ahmad Ismail Uthman
- ^ Mother Jones, Disappearing Act: Rendition by the Numbers, March 3, 2008
- ^ Hafez Abu-Saada, "Compiled complaints of Ahmed Osman Saleh, Ahmed Ibrahim al-Naggar, Shawki Salama Attiya, Essam Abdel Tawwab, and Mohamed Hassan Tita", legal document produced by lawyer, 1998
- ^ Sachs, Susan. New York Times, "An Investigation in Egypt illustrates Al-Qaeda's Web", November 21, 2001
- ^ Asharq al-Awsat, شقيق أيمن الظواهري يؤكد أنه على قيد الحياة في أحد السجون المصرية ومقربون منه يتوقعون إعادة محاكمته, February 28, 2004
- ^ United Nations, The Fate of Islamists Rendered to Egypt
al-Jihad under the leadership of Ayman al-Zawahiri al-Zawahiri ran AJ from 1991 until 2001, when it merged with al-QaedaVanguards of Conquest The Core of al-Jihad Ayman al-Zawahiri, Attack on the Egyptian Embassy in Pakistan, Returnees from Albania, Mohammed Atef, Mohammed Mutaleb, Sayyed Imam Al-Sharif, Thirwat Shehata, Adil Awad SiyamKilled in operations Nazih Nushi Rashed, Tarek Abdel-NabiAlleged members of al-Jihad Hani al-Sibai, Ali Mohamed, Ahmad Salamah Mabruk, Essam al-Qamari, Muhammad al-Zery, Mahmoud Jaballah, Ibrahim Ismail Allam, Ibrahim Eidarous, Adel Abdel Bary, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, Barakat Fahim Ali Mohamed, Muhammad al-Zery, Salem el-Masri, Sayyed Ahmed Abdel-Maqssuod, Sayyed Ajami, Osama Hassan Ahmed, Saeed Salama, Abdel Fahmi, Issam Alim, Ahmad Isma'il 'Uthman, Mahmud Hisham al-Hennawi, Ali Sayyid Muhamed Mustafa al-Bakri, Abu Muaz al-Masry, Ahmad Ibrahim al-Naggar, Tareq Ali Mursi, Magid Mostafa, Mohammad Hassan Mahmoud, Mohammad Huda, Shawqi Salama Mustafa Atiya, Abu Talal al-Qasimi, Mohamed Hassan Tita, Ameen Yusef al-Domeiry, Khaled Medhet al-Fiqi, Muhammad Abdelrahim al-Sharqawi, Muhammad al-Zawahiri, Yusef Abdel Majeed, Essam Hendawi, Abdel Hadi al-Tunsi, Nabeel al-Bora'i, Essam Hasheesh, Waheed Gamal al-Deen, Hassan Ali, Ismaeel Tantawi, Osman Rabei
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