Wa'el Hamza Julaidan

Wa'el Hamza Julaidan ( _ar. Maktab al-Khidamat] " in Afghanistan, along with bin Laden and Abdullah Yusuf Azzam. Many of the supporters of al-Qaeda were trained in the Arab military camps this trio set up in support of the mujahideen resistance movement against the Soviet occupation.

He was the president of the Tucson Islamic Center from 1984 to 1985. In 1986 he left Tucson to fight the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. [ [http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/printDS/31354 "How Southern Arizona became home base for terror"] , "Arizona Daily Star", 24 July 2004]

For his role in al-Qaeda, Julaidan is under worldwide embargo by the United Nations. [http://www.un.org/Docs/sc/committees/1267/tablelist.htm UN list of affiliates of al-Qaeda and the Taliban] ] Al-Banshiri died in 1996, and Mamdouh Salim has been held since 1998.

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