Khalid Ali bin-Ali al-Hajj (; 1973 – March 15, 2004), also known as Abu-Hazim al-Sha'ir (), was an alleged leader of

Al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda (; , ) is an Islamic extremism, Islamic extremist organization composed of Salafist jihadists. Its members are mostly composed of Arab, Arabs, but also include other peoples. Al-Qaeda has mounted attacks on civilian and military ta ...

listed on Saudi Arabia's Most Wanted list.

Background

Khalid al-Hajj was a colleague of

Osama bin Laden Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden (10 March 1957 – 2 May 2011) was a Saudi-born extremist militant who founded al-Qaeda and served as its leader from 1988 until Killing of Osama bin Laden, his death in 2011. Ideologically a Pan-Islamism ...

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in 1997. In addition, Khalid al-Hajj replaced

Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri Abd al-Rahim Hussein Muhammed Abdu al-Nashiri (; ar, عبد الرحيم حسين محمد عبده النشري; born January 5, 1965) is a Saudi Arabian citizen alleged to be the mastermind of the bombing of USS ''Cole'' and other maritime ...

, the mastermind of the

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, as the leader of an Al-Qaeda faction. Khalid al-Hajj was reportedly killed on March 15, 2004 by Saudi Security Forces.

References

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