Shadi Abdalla is as an associate of

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, the leader of

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, and as having knowledge of some of

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's most important

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quoted Shadi Abdalla's description of the al Farouq training camp in his book ''

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''. According to the '' Kashmir Telegraph'' Shadi Abdalla and four other men were arrested by German security officials on April 23, 2002. On September 24, 2003, the

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designated Shadi Abdalla and the same four other men who had been captured in Germany as ''"members of Zarqawi’s German-based terrorist cell Al Tawhid"''. The other four men asserted to be members of the German cell were: Mohamed Abu Dhess, Aschraf Al-Dagma, Ismail Shalabi and Djamel Moustfa. Shadi Abdellah was listed by the

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on its list of individuals whose assets should be seized. He was removed from the list on December 23, 2004, after agreeing to testify against other individuals suspected of being members of

, pleading guilty to lesser charges, whereupon he was enrolled in Germany's

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. Removal from the list was required for him to receive German assistance while in the witness protection program. ''

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'' reported that Shadi Abdellah acknowledged serving as one of

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