Idriss is the codename for an unknown Canadian militant, used frequently in the testimony of former CIA spy

Abdurahman Khadr Abdurahman Ahmed Said Khadr ( ar, عبد الرحمن أحمد سعيد خضر, ; born 1982) is a Canadian citizen who was held as an enemy combatant in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba, after ...

. When asked to name Canadians who had attended Khalden training camp with him, Khadr gave several real names, as well as Idriss. He later claimed that Amer el-Maati had given his Canadian passport to Idriss, who used it to enter Azerbaijan in a failed attempt to blow up the American embassy in Baku in 1998. According to Khadr, Idriss was arrested and sent to Egypt. Azerbaijan has said it secretly turned over two arrested suspects to the United States, although most reports suggest they were sent back to Egypt.

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