Wali Khan Amin Shah

Wali Khan Amin Shah
Detained at	Guantanamo Bay camp
Alternate name	Osama Turkestani Osama Azmurai Grabi Ibrahim Hahse

Wali Khan Amin Shah (Arabic: والي خان أمين شاه‎) (also known as Osama Turkestani, Osama Azmurai,^[1] and Grabi Ibrahim Hahsen^{[citation needed]}) was a man who had a role in the foiled Bojinka plot. He was convicted of terrorism, and has been imprisoned on these charges since 1995.

Pre-war against Communist invasion

Shah owned half of Konsojaya's shares.^{[citation needed]} In addition, he carried several false passports under various aliases, including Norwegian, Saudi and four Pakistani aliases.^{[citation needed]}

While in Manila, he acquired a girlfriend named Arminda Costudio, a waitress at a Pasay City-area nightclub. Costudio also met Khalid Shaikh Mohammed on several occasions.^{[citation needed]}

Attack on Philippines

Shah bombed the Greenbelt Theatre in Manila, Philippines on December 1, injuring several people. In January 1995 Shah traveled from Pakistan to Manila via Kuala Lumpur and Singapore to rendezvous with Ramzi Yousef. [1].

Capture and Re-Capture

Florence ADMAX USP, where Shah is incarcerated

The Bojinka plot was discovered by police on January 6, 1995. He was arrested by Manila police at an apartment on Singalong Street, which Yousef had set up in case the plot failed,^[2] on January 11, but he escaped police custody roughly 77 hours later. After obtaining a fraudulent passport bearing the name Osama Turkestani, he lived on the nearby island of Langkawi until his December re-arrest in Malaysia. After the re-arrest, he was handed over to United States authorities.

Shah attempted to escape from United States custody and failed. [2].

Shah has been cooperating with the United States Government since August 1998.^{[citation needed]} Wali Khan Amin Shah, Federal Bureau of Prisons # 42799-054, is incarcerated at Marion USP. His release date is February 18, 2022.^[3]

See also

• Konsojaya Trading Company
• Mohammed Jamal Khalifa
• Riduan Isamuddin

References

1. ^ Ressa, Maria. "Seeds of Terror", 2003.
2. ^ Katz, Samuel M. "Relentless Pursuit: The DSS and the manhunt for the al-Qaeda terrorists", 2002
3. ^ "Wali Khan Amin Shah." Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved on January 6, 2010.

External links

• Low-resolution image of Shah

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