Ibrahim Hussein Abdel Hadi Eidarous () (c. 1957 – July 2008) was an Egyptian militant who was alleged to have led the London-based chapter of al-Jihad. He was held in the custody of the

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from 1999,Report of arrests
Washington Post fighting extradition to the

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, where he was wanted in connection with the 1998 United States embassy bombings.Copy of indictment
USA v. Usama bin Laden et al.] S(6)98 Crim.1023(LBS), District Court of Southern New York, June 1999. Emphasis on page 28. He died of

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in 2008.

History

A member of al-Jihad's "Special Missions Committee" due to his skill at forging passports, Eidarous had fought in the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980s, before accompanying Ayman al-Zawahiri on trips to Sudan and

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.Egyptian State Information Service, "Most Wanted Poster", October 24, 2001. p. 7 In December 1996, Ayman al-Zawahiri,

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and Mahmud Hisham al-Hennawi were arrested by Russian authorities as they tried to cross into Chechnya. Eidarous and Tharwat Salah Shehata traveled to Dagestan to plead for the release of the "merchants" who they argued had been unfairly arrested.''

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'', "Saga of Dr. Zawahri Sheds Light On the Roots of al Qaeda Terror". The regional commander of al-Jihad in Baku,

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, he traveled to

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in 1996 to take over the leadership role in England from Adel Abdel Bary. There are suggestions that he initiated al-Jihad's presence in Azerbaijan, and that there was no activity in the country between August 1995 and May 1996.

Arrest

He was arrested, along with Yasir al-Sirri, in Baku. He was arrested in September 1998 in the United Kingdom, as part of Operation Challenge, which arrested seven men living in Britain through use of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 1989, accusing them of links to al-Jihad.Hoge, Warren. ''

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'', "Britain arrests 7 suspected of links to Bin Laden", September 24, 1998. He was held in prison for three years in England after documents found on him revealed a possible link between al-Qaeda and the al-Jihad militants who had bombed the American embassies in 1998. At this time, he had a wife and six children. In the indictment, Eidarous and Abdel Bary are accused of sending statements to several press organs shortly after the bombings, claiming to represent the people responsible. Eidarous was diagnosed with advanced-stage leukaemia by 2002, and treated by the

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in the UK, while being held at

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. He was released on house arrest, and died in July 2008 in London while awaiting

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Eidarous, Ibrahim Egyptian Islamic Jihad Deaths from leukemia Deaths from cancer in England 2008 deaths Year of birth uncertain Prisoners and detainees of the United Kingdom People imprisoned on charges of terrorism Egyptian people imprisoned abroad People detained at Broadmoor Hospital