| Importance | Low |
 | Location of Detention | Florence, Colorado, United States1 |
| Capturing Authority | Pakistani authorities4 |
| Date of Capture | Aug. 7, 19984 |
| Location of Capture | Karachi, Pakistan4 |
| Affiliation | Nairobi embassy bombing cell |
| Role | Operative |
 | Supervisor | Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah |
| Affiliation | East Africa Embassy Bombers |
| Affiliation | Al-Qaeda |
| Nationality | Jordanian4 |
| Nationality | Saudi |
| Alias(es) | Abu Moath2,6, Noureldine2,6, Marwan2,6, Hydar2,6, Abdullbast Awadah2, Abdulbasit Awadh Mbarak Assayid2, Mohammed Sadiq Howaida6 |
| Alternate Transliteration | Mohamed Saddiq Odeh, Mohammed Sadiq Odeh, Mohamed Oudeh |
| Date of Birth | March 1, 19656 |
| Place of Birth | Skaka, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia6 |
| Height | 5'7'6 |
| Weight | 150 lbs6 |
| Gender | Male |
| History | Attended training camp in postwar Afghanistan (1990-2001)2 |
| Charged with | Conspiracy, Aiding and Abetting |
| Charging authority | United States of America |
| In connection with | East African Embassy Bombings |
| Charges issued | Sept. 21, 1998 |
| Case status | Convicted3 |
| Convictions | All counts3 |
| Sentence | Life imprisonment1 |
| Case resolved | May 29, 2001 |
| Narrative and Notes (Reliable) | Joined al-Qaeda in 1992.Expert in explosives. Studied architecture.Trained Somali militants to oppose U.S. and U.N. forces in the country in the early 1990s.Met with Abu Ubaidah al Banshiri and Mohammed Atef in Kenya in 1994.His arrest in Pakistan by immigration authorities was regarded as a major break in the case. He identified several of the participants in the plot and linked them to Osama bin Laden.2,5,6 |
| Narrative and Notes (Possible) | Associate of L'Houssaine Khertchou. |
Sources and Notes |
| 1 U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons web site. |
| 2 United States vs. Osama bin Laden et. al. indictment, Nov. 4, 1998, and updates. |
| 3 'Embassy Bombings Verdicts.' Associated Press: May 29, 2001. |
| 4 Odeh, court filing, July 7, 2000. |
| 5 Kaplan, David E. 'On Terrorism's Trail.' U.S. News and World Report: Nov. 23, 1998. |
| 6 FBI Executive Summary, Status of embassy bombings investigation, Nov. 18, 1998. Posted online by PBS' 'Frontline' program. |
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