Khalid Abdullah ( ar, خالد عبد الله) is a Sudanese-Egyptian who was the fiancé of Canadian

Zaynab Khadr The Khadr family ( ar, أسرة خضر) is an Egyptian-Canadian family noted for their ties to Osama bin Laden and connections to al-Qaeda.

attack on the Egyptian Embassy in Pakistan Carried out by the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, the 19 November 1995 attack on the Egyptian embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan was retaliation against the diplomatic staffers who were accused of gathering intelligence on Jihad factions inside Pakistan. ...

. In July 1995, Ahmed Khadr arranged for his 15-year-old daughter Zaynab to marry Abdullah in December. Her mother Maha el-Samnah began preparing an apartment for the couple in the family's house, and Abdullah lived with the family for two months, "like a trial engagement". Shephard, Michelle. ''Guantanamo's Child: The Untold Story of Omar Khadr''. New York:John Wiley & Sons, 2008. .Stackhouse, John. ''

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'', "Canadian sought for questioning in car bombing", September 5, 1998 Abdullah was 26 at the time of the bombing, and was believed to have purchased one of the trucks used in the attack. He fled to

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...

after the attack, and disappeared.Boyle, Theresa. ''

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'', "Canadian charged in bomb attack", January 5, 1996 He re-surfaced in

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

in October 1997, and contacted the Khadr family to try to reschedule the wedding he had missed. Ahmed agreed to bring his family on a long vacation culminating in the city for a farewell to the reluctant Zaynab as she started a new life with Abdullah. Six months after the couple began living in a rented Tehran apartment, Abdullah phoned his father-in-law to report that Zaynab was inconsolable at being separated from her family, and the marriage wasn't working out. She returned to live with her family. In 1999, he was arrested in Pakistan, and was one of hundreds

extradite Extradition is an action wherein one jurisdiction delivers a person accused or convicted of committing a crime in another jurisdiction, over to the other's law enforcement. It is a cooperative law enforcement procedure between the two jurisdic ...

d to the Egyptian "

Returnees from Albania The case of the Returnees from Albania was a massive criminal trial in an Egyptian military court from February to April 1999. The trial is one of the principal sources of information about Sunni terrorist groups in the 1990s, especially al-Gama'a ...

" tribunal. He was sentenced to a lengthy prison term. Air Force Office of Special Investigations report of investigative activity 00444030552023, Interview of (UNK) Khadr, Omar Ahmed, February 24, 2003

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Sudanese people of Egyptian descent Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Egyptian expatriates in Pakistan Khadr family {{Crime-bio-stub