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Saleh al-Oufi

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al-Oufi was born in al-Hindiya, Saudi Arabia. He was a sergeant in the Prison detachment of the National Service, but was discharged in 1989 for his overt support of anti-government forces.
101:, where he sustained a head wound and returned to Saudi Arabia for medical treatment. Following his recovery, he opened a car dealership and traveled frequently to Germany through Dubai. 135:
Al-Oufi has been variously described as a former policeman and a former prison guard. According to AQAP, he participated in some way in the fighting in Afghanistan.
132:, which killed one and wounded dozens, came two days after an instigation by al-Oufi (on a terrorist web forum) to attack "crusader" targets in the Gulf nations. 274: 293: 147:, four AQAP members were killed and one captured. These raids were made possible by the interception of mobile telephone transmissions. 71: 37: 308: 163: 208: 267: 260: 108:. In 2002, he returned to Saudi Arabia for his father's funeral, which he attended disguised as a woman. 143:
One other suspect with al-Oufi was killed, and another wounded and captured. In a simultaneous raid in
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During his 14 months as leader of AQAP, Al-Oufi wrote a few pieces for the al-Qaida online magazines
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In 2001, he was back in Afghanistan, but fled the American invasion along with
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was killed in June 2004. Al-Oufi in turn was killed in August 2005, in
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Named on Saudi Arabia's list of most wanted suspected terrorists
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Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Abdel Aziz al-Muqrin
Arabic
al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia
Abdel Aziz al-Muqrin
Madinah
Bosnia
Chechnya
Khalid al-Juhani
Sawt al-Jihad
Iraq
Qatar
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Al-Qaeda Chief in Kingdom Killed
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