| Importance | High |
 | Location of Detention | Yemen |
 | Capturing Authority | Yemen |
| Date of Capture | Nov. 25, 20033 |
| Location of Capture | Sanaa, Yemen |
| Affiliation | Al-Qaeda |
| Role | Terrorist Operations Facilitator |
| Supervisor | Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi |
| Full Given Name | Mohammed Hamdi Sadiq al-Ahdal |
| Nationality | Saudi |
| Nationality | Yemeni |
| Alias(es) | Abu Asim al-Makki1, Abu Assem al-Makky3 |
| Alias(es) | Abu Assem al-Ahdal, Abu Asim al Ahdal |
 | Alias(es) | Rashid, Muhammad al-Hamati1 |
| Date of Birth | 1971 |
| Place of Birth | Saudi Arabia |
| Gender | Male |
| Injuries/Illness | Lost his left leg below the knee while fighting in Chechnya.3 |
| Charged with | Financing al-Qaeda |
| Charging authority | Yemen |
| Sentence | 3 years, 1 month imprisonment2 |
| Case resolved | May 3, 2006 |
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| Reliable | Took over operations in Yemen after Qaed al-Harethi's death.3 |
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| Possible | Veteran of Bosnia and Chechnya.3 |
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| 1 U.S. Treasury Department frozen assets list, Oct. 12, 2001. |
| 2 'Al-Qaida operative in Yemen sentenced to 3 years for French tanker attack.' The Associated Press, May 3, 2006. |
| 3 Al-Haj, Ahmed. 'Detainee eyed in attacks against USS Cole, tanker.' The Associated Press, Nov. 26, 2003. |
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