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	Wikipedia: Mohammed Atef
		Mohammed Atef (also transliterated as Muhammad Atef, Muhammed Atef, and several other ways) was the alleged military chief of the international terrorist organization Al-Qaida.
		Atef was a policeman in his native Egypt and a member of the group Egyptian Islamic Jihad before he came to Al-Qaida.
		Atef was probably killed during a bombing in the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/m/mo/mohammed_atef.html (142 words)

	CNN.com - Reports suggest al Qaeda military chief killed - November 17, 2001
		If Atef was killed in an airstrike, he was probably with other al Qaeda personnel as well, meaning the airstrike had a larger impact on the terrorist network, said retired Gen. Wesley Clark, a CNN military analyst and the former supreme commander of NATO forces in Europe.
		Atef is on the FBI's most-wanted terrorist list for the killings of U.S. nationals and conspiracy to murder U.S. nationals outside the United States, and for an attack on a federal facility resulting in death, according to the FBI's Web site.
		Atef was at bin Laden's side during a 1998 press conference in which bin Laden announced a "fatwah," or religious ruling, against the United States.
	www.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/central/11/17/ret.atef.reports (915 words)

	Top bin Laden aide reported killed
		Atef "was bin Laden's military specialist since the early 1990s, widely thought to be bin Laden's successor in the event of his death," said one official, speaking on condition of anonymity.
		Atef was a member of the Islamic Jihad of Egypt and supported the decision of the group's leader, Ayman al-Zawahri, to merge with al-Qaida in 1998 in the International Front for Fighting Jews and Crusades.
		Atef was the commander of the military wing of the International Front for Fighting Jews and Crusades, which was formed by the 1998 merger of bin Laden's al-Qaida group with Islamic Jihad of Egypt, and two Pakistani militant groups and a Bangladeshi unit.
	web.dailycamera.com /news/terror/nov01/1116atef.html (719 words)

	Mohammed Atef \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited
		Mohammed Atef, who was killed, aged 57, in an United States air raid near Kabul was, according to US intelligence, the military planner of the Islamist al-Qaida group.
		Atef, according to militants who encountered him while training in Afghanistan, was a very quiet man. In the first tape released by Bin Laden after the US bombing campaign against Afghanistan began on October 7, Zawaheri, Atef and the al-Qaida spokesman, the Kuwaiti, Suleiman Abu Geith sat next to each other.
		Atef was a devout man whose hope, like all members of al-Qaida, had been to die as a martyr.
	www.guardian.co.uk /waronterror/story/0,,597355,00.html (660 words)

	MSNBC
		Atef was reported killed in mid-November 2001 in a U.S. airstrike near Kabul, according to "credible" intelligence reports received from the region.
		Atef also was a co-founder of the al-Qaida terror network and was a member of the group's ruling council, the officials said.
		Mohammed, one of the FBI's most-wanted terrorists, was captured in a raid in Rawalpindi, near the Pakistani capital of Islamabad, on March 1, 2003.
	www.msnbc.com /modules/wtc/wtc_globaldragnet/custody_alqaida.htm (1212 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Bin Laden Aide Implicated
		U.S. and British intelligence officials have identified Mohammed Atef, a former Egyptian policeman who is one of Osama bin Laden's closest aides, as a key planner of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center, according to senior government sources.
		One U.S. official cautioned that while investigators believe that Atef was involved in planning the attacks, the full extent of his role is yet to become clear, and that investigators remain strongly focused on bin Laden himself as well as on other key lieutenants such as Ayman Zawahiri, founder of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad.
		Atef was a longtime aide to Zawahiri and a participant in the anti-Soviet war in Afghanistan during the 1980s.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A18002-2001Oct6?language=printer (1463 words)

	Notes on Mohammed Atef
		Mohammed Atef was under indictment in the US for his involvement in the Embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya which killed 224 people and wounded over 4,000.
		Mohammed Atef, a top lieutenant to al-Qaeda leader Osama bin laden, is believed to have been killed in a US air strike near Kabul.
		The official said Atef was one of bin Laden's closest confidantes, along with Egyptian Ayman al-Zawahairi.
	www.spongobongo.com /her9922.htm (203 words)

	USATODAY.com - Atef, a key bin Laden aide, wrote terror manual (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Atef, whose real name was Mohammed Sobhi Abu Sitta, also was related to bin Laden by marriage.
		Atef came to prominence after he moved to Afghanistan in the mid-1980s when he met Ayman al-Zawahri, the leader of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad and bin Laden's strategist.
		He was convicted in absentia in Egypt in 1999 on charges of plotting subversion and sentenced to seven years in prison for belonging to an outlawed group, Islamic Jihad, and training its members in exile in the use of explosives.
	www.usatoday.com /news/sept11/2001/11/16/atef-profile.htm (537 words)

	CNN.com - Transcripts
		He was at bin Laden's side during a press conference announcing a fatwa against the U.S. The truest sign of Mohammed Atef's importance to Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda comes from this video taken this January in Kandahar, when Atef's daughter married one of bin Laden's sons.
		And as we said in the report, Mohammed Atef and Osama bin Laden met in the '80s in Afghanistan, were part of that struggle against the Soviets.
		Atef was very key in planning these operations, in saying how they would be constructed, what the targets would be, how they would conduct surveillance.
	edition.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0111/16/bn.02.html (1587 words)

	How the net is closing on al-Qaeda - theage.com.au
		That Mohammed represented the biggest catch so far in the war on terror was not merely because of his central role in orchestrating September 11, although that in itself represents a major symbolic victory for America's law-enforcement and intelligence communities.
		Mohammed and Yousef fled the country but left behind an invaluable cache of computers, documents and other clues, alerting police to the reality that a major Islamic terrorist operation was operating in south-east Asia.
		After the killing of Mohammed Atef in the withering response by US forces, he assumed chief responsibility for organising the escape al-Qaeda operatives into Pakistan during the battle of Tora Bora.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/03/07/1046826539822.html (1987 words)

	The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Sept. 11 plotter shows contempt for bin Laden
		Mohammed describes himself in particular as having to fend off a chairman of the board who insisted on micromanaging despite not knowing what he was doing.
		Mohammed also resented a purported 20th hijacker, Mohammed al-Qahtani, imposed on him by bin Laden, describing him as "too much of an unsophisticated Bedouin to function in a modern society." Al-Qahtani was turned away by a suspicious Customs agent in Orlando, Fla., and never joined the mission.
		Mohammed, however, "was not convinced." He grudgingly complied with his orders and sent Moussaoui to the United States for flight training.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2002913973_mohammed06.html (1661 words)

	Mohammed Atef Is "Military Commander" of Al Qaeda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Mohammed Atef appears to be the 3rd ranking member of the al Qaeda terror ring -- after bin Laden and al-Zawahiri.
		Mohammed Atef is a former Egyptian policeman described by terrorism experts as "military" commander of the terrorist network al Qaeda.
		The indictment in the embassy bombings charged that Atef encouraged attacks on U.S. troops in Somalia in October 1993, as a result of which 18 U.S. Rangers were killed while hunting for Somali warlord Mohamed Farah Aideed and trying to apprehend some of his aides.
	www.intelmessages.org /Messages/National_Security/Archives/Archive_01/wwwboard/messages/70.html (450 words)

	REMARKS OF DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMES COMEY REGARDING JOSE PADILLA TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		He met with Atef at a safe house that was reserved for the instructors and the leaders of al Qaeda.
		Atef then sent Padilla to a training site near the Kandahar airport, where Padilla would train under the watchful eye of an al Qaeda explosives expert and be trained with a man who was to be his partner in this mission to destroy apartment buildings, another al Qaeda operative.
		Mohammed did meet with Padilla and his accomplice, and he was, as Zubaydah was, skeptical about the dirty bomb plot.
	www.usdoj.gov /dag/speech/2004/dag6104.htm (2682 words)

	usnews.com: Investigators are seeking to question more than 190 people (10/5/01)
		U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that Mohammed Atef, the military chief of Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda terrorist network, was the operational mastermind of all four of the September 11 terror attacks, U.S. News has learned.
		Intelligence sources told the magazine late Friday that Atef was the bin Laden associate referred to in the British government 'white paper' Prime Minister Tony Blair used to outline the evidence against bin Laden in connection with the September 11 attacks.
		Born in 1953, the bearded Atef is credited by intelligence analysts with being a skilled military planner who has sharply improved al Qaeda’s ability to strike with precision.
	www.usnews.com /usnews/news/terror/articles/atef.htm (508 words)

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		Mohammed has been described by the the 9/11 Commission Report as a "terrorist entrepreneur" who "followed a rather tortuous path to his eventual membership in al Qaeda.
		Mohammed, who seemed to have found his calling as a terrorist, was now simultaneously plotting multiple acts of murder, including the assasination of Pope John Paul II and a failed plot to assassinate President Clinton during his 1994 trip to Manilla.
		Mohammed initially resisted joining because he needed to be sure that bin Laden was really committed to terrorist attacks against the United States.
	www.discoverthenetwork.org /individualProfile.asp?indid=745 (1480 words)

	Al-Quaeda - 9/11Encyclopedia
		U.S. officials have said that Atef was believed to have died in a CIA airstrike in November 2001 and had principal responsibility for supervising the training of al-Qaida members.
		Atef was indicted in connection with the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
		Atef had a "martyrdom video" of one of the so-called "20th hijackers" - the ones who never made it on a plane - at his house: Binalshibh,Ramzi.
	911review.org /Sept11Wiki/Al-Quaeda.shtml (1442 words)

	Terror boss' moves up ladder as U.S. sees fit
		The cynical view on this is that Mohammed is still the relatively small fish we were first told he was, but the news of his arrest is being hyped because the Bush administration needs a victory in the war on terrorism before going to war in Iraq.
		When Mohammed's name first made international news, he was described as an accomplice to Ramzi Yousef, the convicted mastermind behind the first World Trade Center bombing, in 1993.
		Mohammed's name came up again when officials began to speculate about how al-Qaida might be reorganizing in the wake of the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan.
	www.informationclearinghouse.info /article1826.htm (726 words)

	Top bin Laden deputy said killed; Taliban leader reported ready to abandon Kandahar
		Atef was a close confidant of bin Laden, and his daughter was married to bin Laden's son.
		One U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Atef is believed to have died during an American airstrike earlier this week near Kabul, the Afghan capital.
		The report that the Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar was ready to leave Kandahar would be a dramatic development, if borne out -- amounting to Taliban abandonment of the city that was its birthplace.
	lang.sbsun.com /socal/terrorist/1101/17/terror01.asp (1251 words)

	CNN.com - Transcript of news conference on Jose Padilla - Jun 1, 2004
		That was the same safe house where Atef was killed by American forces after it was bombed in November of 2001 in a military raid.
		Mohammed did meet with Padilla and his accomplice and he was, as Zubaida was, skeptical about the dirty bomb plot.
		He does admit, however, that after accepting Khalid Shaikh Mohammed's assignment, Ramzi Binalshibh, who was the coordinator and organizer of the 19 hijackers on September the 11th, trained Padilla in using telephones securely and in al Qaeda's e-mail protocol.
	www.cnn.com /2004/LAW/06/01/comey.padilla.transcript (4989 words)

	Thread FULL!!!__AMERICA AT WAR!__Use New Thread!: Mohammed Atef killed near Kabul Wednesday
		Mohammed Atef was Al Qaeda's military chief, and his death along with that of seven colleagues three days ago is a potentially crippling wound to the terrorist organization the U.S. believes to have been behind the Sept. 11 attacks on America.
		Atef was a seasoned hand at terrorism whose resume reads like that of a CEO of destruction, and who is suspected of helping coordinate the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.
		The strike that may have killed Atef was separate from one on Tuesday in which the Pentagon said several senior officials of the Taliban and perhaps al Qaeda were killed when U.S. forces targeted and bombed a house in Kabul, officials said.
	www.suite101.com /discussion.cfm/investing/68672/551118 (689 words)

	Al-Qaida monitored U.S. negotiations with Taliban over oil pipeline - Salon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Atef's memo was discovered by FBI counter-terrorism expert John O'Neill, who left the bureau in 2001, complaining that U.S. oil interests were hindering his investigation into al-Qaida.
		Atef's memo shines new light on what al-Qaida knew about U.S. efforts to normalize relations with the Taliban in exchange for the fundamentalist government's supporting the construction of an oil and gas pipeline across Afghanistan.
		The Atef memo is the latest piece of evidence documenting a murky chapter in recent American history -- the overtures of the last two American administrations to the repressive Taliban regime.
	www.salon.com /news/feature/2002/06/05/memo/index_np.html?x (873 words)

	Mohamed Atef - Moviefone
		Mohammed Atef, who was killed, aged 57, in an United States air raid near Kabul was, according to US intelligence, the military planner of the Islamist...
		Mohammed Atef Mohammed Atef Group photo of Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden and Abu Hafs Prosecution Trial Exhibit from the trial of Zacarias.
		Mohamed Atef - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Mohamed Atef Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/mohamed-atef/130906/main (95 words)

	BBC News \| In Depth \| War on Terror \| Investigation on Terror (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Mullah Mohammed Omar, the spiritual and political leader of the Taleban, has been accused of harbouring Osama Bin Laden and other members of the al-Qaeda network.
		He is thought to have fled from Kandahar during the military offensive at the end of 2001 and his current whereabouts are unknown.
		Atef, who is thought to have been in his late 50s, is a former member of Egyptian Islamic Jihad, the group which killed the Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in 1981.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/static/in_depth/world/2001/war_on_terror/investigation_on_terror/people_3.stm (835 words)

	Mohammed Atef: The military commander \| Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
		Born in Egypt about 1944, Mohammed Atef is a former Ayman Zawahiri aide who has worked closely with Osama bin Laden for more than a decade.
		According to U.S. prosecutors investigating the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, Atef sits on al-Qaida's military committee and had "primary responsibility" for supervising the training of new al-Qaida members at camps in Afghanistan.
		He was in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and held meetings with the conspirators in Peshawar, serving as an intermediary between them and bin Laden, according to the indictment.
	www.chron.com /disp/story.mpl/side/1073923.html (378 words)

	Nacionales de El Diario de Hoy:
		Atef, según los servicios secretos norteamericanos, es el principal estratega militar de Osama bin Laden, quien dirige y financia Al Qaeda.
		Mohammed Atef, consuegro de Osama bin Laden, era pieza clave en el entrenamiento de los miembros de Al-Qaeda y participante directo en los atentados del 11 de septiembre pasado.
		Atef era también conocido con los nombres de jeque Taseer Abdullah y Abu Hafs al-Masri.
	www.elsalvador.com /noticias/2001/11/17/NACIONAL/nacio9.html (660 words)

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