| Importance | Low |
 | Means of Death | Suicide bomber |
 | Date of Death | Aug. 7, 1998 |
 | Location of Death | Nairobi, Kenya |
 | Affiliation | Al-Qaeda |
 | Role | Suicide Bomber |
 | Supervisor | Fazul Abdullah Mohammed |
 | Affiliation | East Africa Embassy Bombers |
 | Affiliation | Nairobi embassy bombing cell |
 | Nationality | Saudi2 |
 | Alias(es) | Jihad Mohammed Abdou Ali2, Jihad Mohammed Ali2, Abu Oubaida2 |
| Alternate Transliteration | Assam |
 | Age at Death | 24 |
 | Date of Birth | March 19, 1974 |
 | Place of Birth | Saudi Arabia2 |
| Gender | Male |
 | Description | Hair: Black. Eyes: Black. Wore light moustache.2 |
 | Narrative and Notes (Reliable) | He drove the Toyota truck used in the Nairobi bombing. |
 | Narrative and Notes (Possible) | He is a cousin of Abd al-Rashim al-Nashiri, al-Qaeda's former Persian Gulf operations chief. |
Sources and Notes |
| 1 United States vs. bin Laden, Atef, El Hage, Fazul Mohammed, Odeh and Al-Owhali, indictment, Nov. 4, 1998. |
| 2 FBI Executive Summary, Status of embassy bombings investigation, Nov. 18, 1998. Posted online by PBS' 'Frontline' program. |
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