Mamdouh Mahmud Salim
Mamdouh Mahmud Salim | |
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| ممدوح محمود سالم | |
| Born | 1958 (age 66–67) |
| Nationality | Kurdish from Iraq, born in Sudan |
| Other names | Abu Hajer al-Iraqi أبو هاجر العراقي |
| Criminal status | Incarcerated at ADX Florence |
| Conviction | Attempted murder |
| Criminal charge | Terrorism |
| Penalty | Life imprisonment without parole |
Mamdouh Mahmud Salim (Arabic: ممدوح محمود سالم, Mamdūḥ Maḥmūd Sālim; b. 1958 in Sudan) is a Kurdish co-founder of the Islamist terrorist network al-Qaeda. He was arrested on 16 September 1998 near Munich. On 20 December 1998, he was extradited to the United States, where he was charged with participating in the 1998 United States embassy bombings.
He was convicted of attempted murder after stabbing one prison guard during an attempted escape on 1 November 2000. He was sentenced to 32 years for the crimes in May 2004. In December 2008, however, a federal appeals judge ruled that the judge in the case was in error when he ruled that the stabbing was not part of a terrorism plot. He ordered resentencing.
He was re-sentenced to life without parole in August 2010. He is now an inmate of the ADX Florence facility.