Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan

Kenyan al-Qaeda member

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-0001

Place of Birth: Mombasa, Mombasa County, Kenya

Date of Death: 01-Jan-2009

Nationality: Kenya

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan

  • Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan (April 9, 1960/69 – January 1, 2009) was a fugitive wanted in the United States as a participant in the 1998 U.S.
  • embassy bombings.
  • He was alleged to have purchased the Toyota and Nissan trucks used in the attacks, flying out of Nairobi to Karachi, Pakistan five days before the assault was launched.
  • Swedan was on the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list since its inception in October 2001.
  • He was born in Mombasa, Kenya. The UN 1267 Committee referred to him as Ahmed Salim Swedan Sheikh.
  • He was also known as Sheikh Ahmad Salem Suweidan, Sheikh Ahmed Salem Swedan, Sheikh Swedan, Sheikh Bahamadi, Ahmed Ally, Bahamad, Sheik Bahamad, Ahmed the Tall and Abu Yahya al-Kini.Swedan had, in the past, managed a trucking business in Kenya. Swedan purchased a beige Toyota Dyna truck in Nairobi, and a 1987 Nissan Atlas refrigeration truck in Dar es-Salaam.
  • Six metal bars were used to form a "cage" on the back of the Atlas, to accommodate the bomb.

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