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Ali Abdul Saoud Mohamed, (علي محمد) (born June 3, 1952) is a double agent〔Ton Hays and Sharon Theimer, ("Egyptian agent worked with Green Berets, bin Laden" ), ''Jerusalem Post'', December 31, 2001 (copy). (Archived ) 2009-10-25.〕 who worked for both the CIA and Egyptian Islamic Jihad simultaneously, reporting on the workings of each for the benefit of the other. He came to the United States working as a translator for Ayman al-Zawahiri, who toured California mosques to raise money to fight the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. While there, Zawahiri encouraged him to infiltrate the United States, to whom he later presented himself as defecting. Since he simply walked into the CIA office in Cairo and asked to speak to the station chief and offered his services, the Americans assumed he was an Egyptian spy, but nevertheless recruited him to be a junior intelligence officer.〔Temple-Raston, Dina. "The Jihad Next Door", 2007. p. 83〕 When tasked to infiltrate a mosque with ties to Hezbollah, he simply informed the leadership he was an American spy intending to collect information; since a loyal American spy was also in the congregation, he reported Mohamed's bizarre behaviour to the CIA, who dismissed him and sought to ban him from entering the United States.〔 Ironically however, he was simply picked up by the Special Forces in the American army, who sent him to the Special Warfare school and encouraged him to pursue a doctorate in Islamic Studies and teach courses on the Middle East.〔 In the 1980s Mohamed trained anti-Soviet fighters en route to Afghanistan. FBI special agent Jack Cloonan called him "bin Laden's first trainer".〔(Interview with FBI special agent Jack Cloonan ), Frontline, PBS, October 18, 2005.〕 Mohamed was charged with the August 7, 1998 bombings of the United States embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. In October 2000, he pleaded guilty to five counts of conspiracy to kill nationals of the United States and to destroy U.S. property. Mohamed has been described as "Six-foot one, 200 pounds, and exceptionally fit, ... a martial artist and skilled linguist who spoke fluent English, French, and Hebrew in addition to his native Arabic. He was disciplined, clever, and gregarious, with a marked facility for making friends." Mohamed was a major in the Egyptian army's military intelligence unit, until being discharged for suspected fundamentalism in 1984. He enlisted in the U.S. Army and used U.S. military information to train al-Qaeda and other Muslim militants, and write al-Qaeda's multivolume terrorist training guide.〔 == In Afghanistan == During the 1980s, Ali Mohamed was involved in the training of the anti-soviet forces which included members of the mujahideen, the local force of Afghanistan established to fight the Soviet Union. Ali Mohamed conducted training during the war to small classes which included the likes of Osama bin Laden (Past leader of the al-Qaeda terrorist faction), Ayman al-Zawahiri (current leader of al-Qaeda), and the terrorist members responsible for the bombings of the two US embassies.〔 His training took place in training camps in Afghanistan. He also spent much time fighting in Afghanistan himself against the Soviet forces. After moving to the United States and joining the US army, Ali Mohamed gathered intelligence about the US army and infrastructure during his time as a drill instructor and support Sergeant. In 1988, Ali returned to Afghanistan to fight the Soviet Union. During this time, it is widely believed that he continued to train cells of terrorists using the information learnt while living in the US. After a month he returned to the United States. In 1990, Ali Mohamed returned once again to Afghanistan, and once more, trained terrorist in the art of guerilla and unconventional warfare which include hijacking, suicide bombing, kidnapping, and IED bombs.〔 During this time, it is also known that he began planning the embassy bombings with Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri. Later on, Ali Mohamed was key in assisting the movement of al-Qaeda from Afghanistan to Sudan. He moved back and forth, assisting in key movements of camps.〔United States of America v. Ali Mohamed. Ali Mohamed pleads guilty on case, Life imprisonment〕 In 1992, Ali Mohamed made several trips to Afghanistan as part of the training of terrorist cells. During that year he made at least 58 trips whilst under the surveillance of the CIA.〔Andrew Martin and Michael J. Berens, "Terrorists Evolved in US", Chicago Tribune, 11 December 2001.〕 He fought and trained in the Civil war that ensued after the defeat of the Soviet forces. In this time he trained the al-Qaeda generals in the art of intelligence warfare. This included surveillance, counter-surveillance, assassinations, kidnapping, codes, and ciphering codes.,〔Statement of Patrick J. Fitzgerald United States Attorney Northern District of Illinois Before the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States〕〔San Francisco Chronicle 9/21/2001〕 The system of cell structures and groups within a terrorist faction was developed by Ali around this time as a means of making it harder to destroy terrorism by spreading members out.〔 Bin laden and Ali Mohamed worked closely to create cells in Tanzania and Kenya to help prepare for the bombings of the embassies. After planning ended, Ali moved to Nairobi where he helped set up a terrorist cell. He funded the cell by creating companies in the fishing and car business. After setting up, he moved back to Afghanistan where Osama and other members of al-Qaeda discussed plans for the bombings and other information.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ali Mohamed」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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