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Mohammed Ali Hamadei

Details
	Importance	Low
	Location	Lebanon¹
	Affiliation	Hezbollah
	Role	Operative
	Supervisor	Imad Mugniyah
	Nationality	Lebanese
	Alias(es)	Castro¹
	Alternate Spelling(s)	Mohammod Ali Hamadei, Ali Hamadi, Mohammed Ali Hammadi
	Date of Birth	June 13, 1964
	Place of Birth	Lebanon
	Height	5-8¹
	Weight	150 lbs¹
	Gender	Male
	Description	Hair: Black; Eyes: Dark Brown; Build: Medium. He has a mole below his right eye.¹
	Charged with	Air Piracy Resulting in Murder; Hostage Taking; several others¹
	Charging authority	United States
	In connection with	TWA 847 hijacked

Narrative and Notes

	Reliable	Speaks Arabic and German. He was detained in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1987, trying to smuggle liquid explosives into the country. He served a 19-year term and was released in 2005, a move prompting severe criticism from the United States, where he remains wanted for his role in the 1985 hijacking of TWA 847, during which one American was killed.^1,2

Sources
¹ FBI Most-Wanted Terrorist page, viewed Nov. 6, 2006.
² "US seeks justice for hijacker." BBC: Dec. 20, 2005.
Photos (left to right): FBI (2005); FBI (2004); FBI (1985)

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