| Importance | Medium |
 | Location of Detention | U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba |
 | Date of Capture | June 20032 |
| Location of Capture | Thailand2 |
| Affiliation | Jemaah Islamiya1 |
| Role | Operative1 |
| Supervisor | Hambali1 |
| Affiliation | Al-Qaeda |
| Full Given Name | Mohd Farik bin Amin |
| Nationality | Malaysian1 |
| Alias(es) | Zaid1 |
| Gender | Male |
| History | Attended training camp in postwar Afghanistan (1990-2001)1 |
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| Reliable | Would-be suicide bomber selected by Hambali for attacks in Los Angeles.
Trained al-Farouq camps in 2000 and 2001.
Transferred funds from Khalid Shaikh Mohammed to Jemaah Islamiya operatives.
Held degree in electronics telecommunications.
He was one of 14 key al-Qaeda operatives and associates transferred from CIA custody to the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in 2006.1 |
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| 1 "Detainee Biographies," press release, Director of National Intelligence, Sept. 6, 2006. |
| 2 Human Rights Watch. "List of Ghost Prisoners Possibly in CIA Custody." Nov. 30, 2005. |
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