- Saif al-Islam al-Masri
Saif al-Islam al-Masri ( _ar. Georgian] and American Special Forces, in early October 2002 [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4686228/ Al-Qaida: Dead or captured] , "
MSNBC ", last updated in 2005] [http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/6579.htm In the Caucasus, a Foreign Element Threatens] , CDI archive of a "Los Angeles Times " article of 29 November 2002]
*was until then a member of al-Qaeda's "majlis al-shura" [http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/po3632.htm Treasury Designates Benevolence International Foundation and Related Entities as Financiers of Terrorism] ,United States Department of the Treasury ] and its military committeea]
*was handed over to the Americans [http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-riebling102402.asp Behind the Moscow-theater attack] by Mark Riebling and R.P. Eddy, "National Review ", 24 October 2002]
*ran the Jihad Wal training camp nearKhost ,Afghanistan in 1992 [http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/profiles/saif_al_islam_el_masry.htm Saif al Islam el Masry] at GlobalSecurity.org; cites forensic and other sources]
*had been an officer of theChechnya branch of the terrorist charityBenevolence International Foundation c]
*fought against American forces inSomalia a]
*instructedAli Mohamed to get training fromHezbollah in southLebanon [http://www.weeklystandard.com/Utilities/printer_preview.asp?idArticle=12500&R=ED3B21 Bin Laden's "Brothers"] by Thomas Joscelyn, "Weekly Standard ", 27 September 2006; quoting Ali Mohamed's testimony] .
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