| Importance | High |
 | Affiliation | Al-Qaeda |
| Role | Founder1 |
| Supervisor | Osama bin Laden |
| Affiliation | Al-Qaeda majlis al shura1 |
 | Nationality | Yemeni2 |
| Alternate Name(s) | Abu Faraj al Yemeni |
| Gender | Male |
| History | Veteran of Afghanistan-Soviet civil war (1980-1989) |
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| Reliable | Jamal al-Fadl describes Abu Faraj al Yemeni as one of the founders of al-Qaeda in 1989 and a member of its shura council in the 1990s. He does not appear to have become one of the group's active operational leaders a decade later, unless he is operating under a different name.1 |
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| Possible | His son may have been killed at some point. Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, during the embassy bombings trial, alludes to such an incident but it is not detailed.3 |
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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 Presumed from name. |
| 3 United States vs. Osama bin Laden et. al., trial transcript, Day 8, Feb. 21, 2001. |
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