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November 25, 2009       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/24/AR2009112402278.html

U.S. Offers $5M Reward for Palestinian Bomb-Maker

(AP/Washington Post) Adam Goldman and Randy Herschaft - The U.S. State Department announced Tuesday it is offering a reward of up to $5 million for a Palestinian bomb-maker suspected of once targeting commercial airliners and of aiding the Iraq insurgency. Abu Ibrahim, whose real name is Husayn Muhammed al-Umari, stands accused of a spate of bombings in the 1980s. Before the 2003 Iraq invasion, Ibrahim - known as "The Bomb Man" - lived in Baghdad. In 2004, the military raided a bomb-making factory in Mosul and found telltale signs of Ibrahim and his devices. In May, AP reported that Ibrahim had fled to Tripoli in Lebanon.

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