Muhsin Musa Matwalli Atwah ( ar, محسن موسى متولي عطوة) (June 19, 1964 – April 12, 2006) was an Egyptian national wanted by the
United States
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government.
Also known as Abdul Rahman, Abu Abdul Rahman al-Muhajir, Abdel Rahman, Abu Turab, Ibrahim al-Muhajir al-Masri, and Mohammed K.A. al-Namer, he was wanted by the United States government in connection to the August 7,
1998 American embassy bombings
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in
Dar es Salaam
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,
Tanzania
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and
Nairobi
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,
Kenya
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. Atwah built both of the bombs used in the attacks. For his role in the attacks, he was indicted
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Consequently, on October 10, 2001, Atwah was placed on the initial list of the FBI's top 22
Most Wanted Terrorists, which was released to the public by President Bush. Atwah had been a member of
al-Qaeda
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since at least 1990 and provided explosives training in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Sudan, according to his indictment. The indictment also charged that Atwah had been part of an al Qaeda cell operating in Somalia in the early 1990s that provided training to Somali tribesmen who attacked U.S. forces in that country. By early 2006, he was suspected as a key supplier of arms to terrorists battling Pakistani forces in North and South Waziristan.
On April 12, 2006, Atwah was reported by an anonymous Pakistani Cabinet minister to have been killed along with six other militants, by Pakistani forces in a helicopter gunship raid on the village of
Naghar Kalai
Naghar is a small village located in the Bageshwar district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is about from its district headquarters and is located on the bank of the Pungar River in the Pungar Valley (or Dugpatti).
The population is ...
near the Afghan border. Villagers reported that armed men removed the bodies. Atwah's death was confirmed by US officials on October 24, 2006, following
DNA testing. His profile was then removed from the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists website.
References
External links
Wanted listat the
Rewards For Justice Program The Rewards for Justice Program (RFJ) is the counterterrorism and counterintelligence platform administered by the U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service agency. The Rewards For Justice program is seeking information leading to th ...
, US Department of State
1964 births
2006 deaths
Egyptian al-Qaeda members
FBI Most Wanted Terrorists
Assassinated al-Qaeda leaders
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