| Importance | Low |
 | Affiliation | Al-Qaeda |
| Role | Pilot |
 | Nationality | Egyptian |
| Nationality | Kuwaiti |
| Nationality | American1 |
| Alias(es) | Abu Tareq1 |
| Date of Birth | 1958 |
| Place of Birth | Cairo, Egypt |
| Gender | Male |
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| Reliable | Essam al-Ridi transported items to the Afghan resistance in the 1980s. These included night-vision goggles and heavy sniper rifles.In 1993, he bought and refurbished a plane in the United States and flew it to Sudan for al-Qaeda. Osama bin Laden offered him a job as a pilot, but he declined.He became an American citizen in 1994.1 |
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| 1 Essam al-Ridi testimony, United States vs. Osama bin Laden et al, trial transcript, Day 5, Feb. 14, 2001. |
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