Abbud al-Zumar
| Abboud al-Zoumor | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 August 1948 |
| Allegiance |
 Egypt
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| Service/branch | Egyptian Army |
| Years of service | 1969–1981 |
| Rank |
 Lieutenant Colonel
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| Unit | 115th Mechanized Infantry Regiment |
| Commands held | Central Military Zone Military Intelligent Department, Battalion "D" |
Abbud al-Zumar (also Abboud Al-Zumar , Aboud El Zomor, Aboud el-Zomoor, Abboud el-Zomor, Abboud al-Zomor, Abbud al-Zummar, Abod Zoummar) (Arabic: عبود الزمر, Oɑb̑ud alZ̑ʋmɑr) (born August 1948) is an Egyptian Islamist and fundamentalist and former military intelligence colonel in the Egyptian Army.
Born into one of the wealthiest and most prominent families in the Giza Governorate, he was founder and first emir of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, succeeded by Ayman al-Zawahiri (released from prison in 1984), an organization which merged into al-Qaeda in 1998. He entered the Egyptian Military Academy in 1966 and served as an auxiliary reserve officer in a Signals battalion during the Six Day War. He was commissioned as an officer in the Mechanized Infantry forces of the Egyptian Army in 1969 and served with distinction, commanding a platoon of BMP-1 armoured vehicles and an Anti-Tank company in the Yom Kippur War. His Anti-Tank company achieved at least 24 Israeli tank kills during the war. He joined the Military Intelligence department in 1974. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1979.
He was sentenced to life imprisonment in Cairo after being captured by the Egyptian government for being implicated in the assassination of President Anwar Sadat on 6 October 1981. He had previously attempted to assassinate him personally on several occasions, but had failed, leaving it up to Tanzim al-Jihad, supplying them with ammunition. His plan was to use his official position as commander of an Intelligence battalion in the Central Military Zone to get young Islamist officers in crucial commands and positions, this plan was started as early as 1979. As part of this plan, he forwarded Khaled Islambouli's artillery platoon to serve in the 6 October parade, and he arranged so that routine intelligence checks on the live ammunition in the platoon was not carried out.
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