| Importance | Low |
 | Location of Detention | New York, New York, United States3,4 |
 | Capturing Authority | FBI |
| Date of Capture | May 18, 19993 |
| Location of Capture | Orlando, Florida, United States3 |
| Affiliation | Al-Qaeda |
| Role | Pilot |
| Full Given Name | Ihab Mohamed Ali |
| Nationality | American3 |
 | Nationality | Egyptian |
| Alias(es) | Embassy Bombings Co-Conspirator 21, Nawawi2, Abu al Tayar5, Yousef Kanana5, Abu Sulaiman5 |
| Rough Age | 44 as of 11-1-20063 |
| Place of Birth | Egypt3 |
| Gender | Male |
| History | Veteran of Afghanistan-Soviet civil war (1980-1989)3 |
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| Narrative and Notes |
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| Reliable | Ihab Ali, a Florida cab driver, born in Egypt but raised in the United States, was detained as a material witness
to the East Africa embassy bombings. He remained in jail after the Sept. 11 attacks.
In the embassy bombings indictment, he is identified only as co-conspirator No. 2, who received letters from Wadih El Hage and was associated with Ali Mohamed, who trained him the Sudan.
He was also a pilot; he trained to fly at Airman Flight School in Norman, Okla., where Mohamed Atta and Marwan al-Shehhi would also later train.
The training apparently didn't do him much good; he was the co-pilot on plane flown by Essam al-Ridi that crashed in Khartoum airport.
His current status is unclear. |
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| 1 United States vs. Osama bin Laden et al, indictment, Nov. 4, 1998, and updates. |
| 2 Aita, Judy. 'Ali Mohamed: The Defendant Who Did Not Go to Trial.' U.S. State Department publication, May 15, 2001. |
| 3 Murphy, Chuck. 'Pilot Led a Quiet Life in Orlando.' St. Petersburg Times: Oct. 28, 2001. |
| 4 As of Oct. 28, 2001. |
| 5 L'Houssaine Kherchtou testimony, United States vs. Osama bin Laden et. al., trial transcript, Day 8, Feb. 21, 2001. |
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