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Odyssey of an Al-Qaeda Operative: A Moroccan's Trail of Terror


(Washington Post) Craig Whitlock - In the post-Sept. 11 world, Karim Mejjati was the perfect undercover al-Qaeda operative. The former medical student from Morocco could speak several languages, had many passports, and excelled at building bombs. He was also good at avoiding attention as he crisscrossed four continents to organize a wave of catastrophic attacks. On May 12, 2003, an al-Qaeda network that investigators say was put together by Mejjati in Saudi Arabia blew up three residential compounds for foreign workers in Riyadh, leaving 23 dead.
2005-05-03 00:00:00
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