Adnan Gulshair el Shukrijumah

Adnan Gulshair el Shukrijumah
عدنان شكري جمعة
Adnan Shukrijumah in 2001
Born
Adnan Gulshair el Shukrijumah

(1975-08-04)4 August 1975
Died6 December 2014(2014-12-06) (aged 39)
Cause of deathKilled by Pakistan Army Special Services Group as part of the Operation Zarb-e-Azb
NationalitySaudi Arabia
Alma materBroward Community College[citation needed]
South Florida University[1]
Occupation(s)Computer engineer[1]
Computer technician
Al-Qaeda
Terrorist

Adnan Gulshair el Shukrijumah (Arabic: عدنان شكري جمعة, ʿAdnān Shukrī Jumaʿah) (4 August 1975 – 6 December 2014) was a citizen of Saudi Arabia and a senior member of Al-Qaeda. He was born in Saudi Arabia and grew up in the United States.[2][3]

In March 2003, a provisional arrest warrant was issued calling him a "material witness", and he was subsequently listed by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on the Seeking Information - War on Terrorism list,[4] and the United States Department of State, through the Rewards for Justice Program, offered a bounty of up to US$5 million for information about his location.[3][5]

Last known to have lived with his family in Miramar, Florida,[6] Shukrijumah was known to have a Guyanese passport but might also have used a Saudi, Canadian, or Trinidadian passport.[2][3] Saudi Arabia has repeatedly denied that el Shukrijumah was a Saudi citizen.[7] He was considered to be a high-ranking member of al-Qaeda.[8]

His mother insisted that her asthmatic son had been wrongly accused.[9][10][11] He also went by the names Abu Arif, and Jafar al-Tayyar, the latter translating to "Jafar the Pilot".[11]

In 2014, Shukrijumah was killed in a military manhunt operation by Pakistan Army Special Forces in South Waziristan.[12][13] The Pakistani Taliban confirmed Shukrijumah's death two days later.[14] Al-Qaeda confirmed Shukrijumah's death in July 2016.[15]

  1. ^ a b Meyer, Josh (3 September 2006). "A Mystery Man Who Keeps the FBI Up at Night". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b United States House of Representatives, Small Business Committee, Testimony of Janice L. Kephart Archived 14 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine, 17 November 2005
  3. ^ a b c US reward offer for information on el Shukrijumah Archived 13 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ FBI Seeking Information, War on Terrorism list archive, Internet Archive Wayback Machine, 3 June 2003
  5. ^ FBI Seeking Information Alert for el Shukrijumah Archived 22 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ NBC, Woman Sought by FBI Reportedly Arrested in Pakistan: Neurologist Questioned by FBI for Alleged Al-Qaida Links, 3 April 2003
  7. ^ Riyadh denies that el Shukrijumah is a Saudi
  8. ^ "From dishwasher to al Qaeda leadership: Who is Adnan Shukrijumah?". CNN. 6 August 2010.
  9. ^ Josh Meyer (3 September 2006). "Fbi Hunts Homegrown, Feared Al-qaida Leader". Sun Sentinel. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  10. ^ Lisa J. Huriash (6 August 2010). "Former Miramar man now runs al-Qaida, FBI says. Not true, his mother says". Sun Sentinel. Archived from the original on 17 May 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  11. ^ a b US News, A hunt for 'the Pilot' Archived 12 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine, 30 March 2003
  12. ^ Yusufzai, Mushtaq (6 December 2014). "Top Al Qaeda Commander Adnan el Shukrijumah Killed: Pakistan Army". NBC News.
  13. ^ Saifi, Sophia; Brumfield, Ben; Candiotti, Susan (8 December 2014). "Pakistan's army kills al Qaeda commander who grew up in U.S." CNN. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  14. ^ "Pakistani Taliban confirms death of al Qaeda leader Adnan Shukrijumah | FDD's Long War Journal". 8 December 2014.
  15. ^ "Did al Qaeda exchange former Pakistani army chief's son for Zawahiri's daughters? | FDD's Long War Journal".

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