| Importance | High |
 | Location of Detention | Saudi Arabia |
| Capturing Authority | Saudi Arabia |
| Date of Capture | 1997 |
 | Affiliation | Al-Qaeda |
| Role | Financial Chief4 |
| Affiliation | Al-Qaeda majlis al shura1 |
| Affiliation | Taba Investments3 |
| Affiliation | Al-Qaeda Finance Committee4 |
| Full Given Name | Madani al Tayyib Abu Fadhl al Makkee |
| Nationality | Saudi1 |
| Alias(es) | Abu Fadhl al Makkee Madani al Tayyib1, Madani al-Tayyib, Madani Sidi al-Tayyib |
| Alias(es) | Afad Makkee |
 | Alias(es) | Madani Tayyib |
| Alternate Transliteration | Abu Fadhl al-Makki |
| Gender | Male |
| Injuries/Illness | Lost part of one leg below the knee during Afghan-Soviet war.3 |
| History | Veteran of Afghanistan-Soviet civil war (1980-1989)1 |
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| Narrative and Notes |
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| Reliable | Married to a cousin of Osama bin Laden.
Shared bank account with Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl at Bank Shmal, Khartoum, Sudan.
Directed attempt to purchase uranium in Sudan in late 1993-early 1994.1,2 |
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| Possible | Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl said an Abu Fadhl al Makkee al Tayyab had a bank account at Barclay's Bank, London, United Kingdom. Presumably this is the same person as Abu Fadhl al Makkee.
In the mid-1990s he was targeted for assassination by Sudan's National Islamic Front.
In 1997, Abu Fadhl al-Makkee was either arrested by the Saudis or broke from al-Qaeda and went to Saudi Arabia. He was supplying information on al-Qaeda to the Saudi government. This may explain why he was targeted for assassination.
Reports of his detention sparked worry among al-Qaeda members in Kenya.
His information was not shared with western governments, contrary to press reports. In fact, the United States, all the way up to Vice President Al Gore, directly requested access to him from Saudi Arabia. By 2003, it had never been granted.1,2,4 |
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| 1 Jamal al-Fadl testimony, United States vs. Osama bin Laden et al, trial transcript, Day 2, Feb. 6, 2001. |
| 2 Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl testimony, United States vs. Osama bin Laden et al, trial transcript, Day 3, Feb. 7, 2001. |
| 3 Wadih El Hage to U.S. grand jury, Sept. 24, 1997. |
| 4 The 9-11 Commission Report, Chapters 2 and 4. |
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