Abdel Aziz Issa Abdul-Mohsin al-Muqrin | |
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Born | 1972 |
Died | June 18, 2004 |
Other names | عبد العزيز عيسى عبد المحسن المقرن |
Organization | Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula |
Predecessor | Khaled Ali Hajj |
Successor | Saleh al-Oufi |
Abdel Aziz Issa Abdul-Mohsin Al-Muqrin (i/ˈɑːbdəl əˈziːz ˈɪsə ɑːlˈmɪɡrᵻn/; Arabic: عبد العزيز عيسى عبد المحسن المقرن; also Abd al-Aziz al-Moqrin and other transliterations), alias Abu Hajr (ابو هاجر) and Abu Hazim, (1971–2004), was the leader of the militant Jihadist group al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia. He succeeded Khaled Ali Hajj, when the latter was killed by Saudi security forces in March 2004. Al-Muqrin had trained with Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda in Afghanistan.