Idriss (terrorist) explained

Idriss is the codename for an unknown Canadian militant, used frequently in the testimony of former CIA spy Abdurahman Khadr.

When asked to name Canadians who had attended Khalden training camp with him, Khadr gave several real names, as well as Idriss.[1] He later claimed that Amer el-Maati had given his Canadian passport to Idriss, who used it to enter Azerbaijan in a failed attempt to blow up the American embassy in Baku in 1998.[2] [3]

According to Khadr, Idriss was arrested and sent to Egypt.[2] Azerbaijan has said it secretly turned over two arrested suspects to the United States,[4] although most reports suggest they were sent back to Egypt.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: Bell. Stewart. National Post. 'A lot' of Canadians in al-Qaeda. August 1, 2004.
  2. News: Freeze. Colin. The Globe and Mail. Canadians' ties with Chechen insurgents probed. October 16, 2004.
  3. Web site: Ecko. Azeri officials confirm Usamah bin Ladin has links in Baku, Azeri paper says . The Azerbaijani tracks' of Usamah bin Ladin are already being confirmed in Baku, too. Afghanistan News Center. BBC Monitoring Service. August 29, 2001. August 2, 2015.
  4. Web site: Zahidov . Altay . Azeri Human Rights . The Azerbaijani Experience in Combating Terrorism . June 19, 2008 . August 2, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130612181849/http://www.azhumanrights.az/eng/analytics/13-the-azerbaijani-experience-in-combating.html . June 12, 2013 .
  5. News: Waller. Douglas. TIME. Inside the Hunt for Osama. https://web.archive.org/web/20050221084354/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101981221-140773,00.html. dead. February 21, 2005. Washington, D.C.. December 21, 1998. August 2, 2015.

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