- Saleh al-Oufi
The Saudi Saleh Muhammad 'Awadullah al-'Alawi al-'Oufi (lang-ar
صالح محمد عوض الله العلوي العوفي) (d. 2005) was a member ofal-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), and became the leader of that group whenAbdel Aziz al-Muqrin was killed in June 2004. Al-Oufi in turn was killed in August 2005, inMadinah . [http://arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=68673&d=19&m=8&y=2005 Al-Qaeda Chief in Kingdom Killed] , "Arab News ", 19 August 2005; includes a photo of al-Oufi, originally from a Saudi wanted list] One other suspect with al-Oufi was killed, and one wounded and captured. In a simultaneous raid inRiyadh , four AQAP members were killed and one captured. These raids were made possible by the interception of mobile telephone transmissions.During his 14 months as leader of AQAP, Al-Oufi wrote a few pieces for the al-Qaida online magazines "Sawt al-Jihad" and "Mu'askar al-Battar", particularly about
Iraq . A car bombing inQatar , which killed one and wounded dozens, came two days after an instigation by al-Oufi (on a terrorist web forum) to attack "crusader" targets in the Gulf nations. [http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/735/re3.htm Small but not safe] , "Al-Ahram ", 24 March 2005]Al-Oufi has been variously described as a former policeman and a former prison guard. According to AQAP, he participated in some way in the fighting in Afghanistan.
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