Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 April 1960 or 1969 |
| Died | 1 January 2009 |
| Nationality | Kenyan |
Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan (9 April 1960/1969 – 1 January 2009) was a fugitive wanted[1][2][3] in the United States as a participant in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings. He was alleged to have purchased the Toyota and Nissan trucks used in the attacks, flying out of Nairobi to Karachi, Pakistan five days before the assault was launched. Swedan was on the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list since its inception in October 2001. He was born in Mombasa, Kenya.
The UN 1267 Committee[4] referred to him as Ahmed Salim Swedan Sheikh. He was also known as Sheikh Ahmad Salem Suweidan, Sheikh Ahmed Salem Swedan, Sheikh Swedan, Sheikh Bahamadi, Ahmed Ally, Bahamad, Sheik Bahamad, Ahmed the Tall and Abu Yahya al-Kini.[2]
Swedan had, in the past, managed a trucking business in Kenya. He purchased a beige Toyota Dyna truck in Nairobi, and a 1987 Nissan Atlas refrigeration truck in Dar es-Salaam. Six metal bars were used to form a "cage" on the back of the Atlas, to accommodate the bomb.[5]
- ^ Copy of indictment Archived 10 November 2001 at the Library of Congress Web Archives
USA v. Usama bin Laden et al., Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies - ^ a b Swedan profile at Rewards For Justice Archived 18 February 2006 at the Wayback Machine, US Department of State
- ^ Swedan profile at FBI Archived 10 March 2006 at the Wayback Machine, US Department of Justice
- ^ UN list of affiliates of al-Qaeda and the Taliban
- ^ Benjamin, Daniel & Steven Simon. "The Age of Sacred Terror", 2002.