Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam (, also known as Usama al-Kini) (February 19, 1976 – January 1, 2009) was a Kenyan terrorist conspirator, wanted in the United StatesCopy of indictment
USA v. Usama bin Laden et al., Center for Nonproliferation Studies,

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Msalam wanted poster
, US State Department
, FBI for his part in the

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and

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. He was born in

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. According to the indictment, Msalam *with Khalfan Khamis Mohamed, purchased the SUV used by the Tanzania cell *with Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan, purchased the Kenya bomb truck *helped to load the Tanzania bomb truck *fled Kenya to

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on the same airliner as Mohamed Odeh, on or about the day before the bombings. Msalam was charged with 213 counts of murder, other counts which apply specifically to attacks against American federal personnel and facilities, counts of using weapons of mass destruction, and various conspiracy counts. Msalam once worked as a clothing vendor. He also played midfield for a soccer team called the Black Panthers. Msalam was on the

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's list of Most Wanted Terrorists since its inception on October 10, 2001. The

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, through the

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, offered up to

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5,000,000 for information on the location of Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam. He served as al-Qaeda's chief of operations for

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. On January 1, 2009, Msalam was killed in Pakistan in an American unmanned drone attack along with his lieutenant, Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan.

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