Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan
| Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan April 1960 Mombasa, Kenya |
| Died | January 1, 2009 (aged 48) Pakistan |
| Nationality | Kenyan |
Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan (born on April 1960 or 1969 in Mombasa, Kenya – died January 1, 2009 in Pakistan) was a fugitive wanted 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 referred to him as Ahmed Salim Swedan Sheikh. Sheikh may have been either an Arabic surname or a title (before the name), and although it is unclear why this person would have had such a title, 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.
Swedan had, in the past, managed a trucking business in Kenya.
Swedan 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.
As the first anniversary of the 9/11 attacks approached, a few unsubstantiated reports came out of Pakistan that various wanted al-Qaeda suspects had been captured in that country and handed over to the Americans without any legal process.
On July 12, 2002 a police intelligence officer in Karachi reported that Pakistani authorities had arrested Sheikh Ahmed Saleem, referring to him as an alleged financial advisor of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. He was reportedly caught along with two other al Qaeda militants. The officer further misidentified Saleem as a Sudan national, who had apparently fled Afghanistan for Pakistan after the US-led military campaign began in October 2001. The three militants were arrested together during an overnight raid on a suburban apartment in the commercial port city of Karachi.
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