Wa'el Hamza Julaidan
Wa'el Hamza Julaidan (Template:Lang-ar, kunya: Abu al-Hasan[1] (born 22 February 1958 in Medina, Saudi Arabia[2]) is one of the original founders of al-Qaeda in August 1988.[3]
He had previously (1984) established "the Service Office" or Maktab al-Khidamat in Afghanistan, along with bin Laden and Abdullah Yusuf Azzam. Many of the supporters of al-Qaeda were trained in the Arab military camps this trio set up in support of the mujahideen resistance movement against the Soviet occupation.
He was the president of the Tucson Islamic Center from 1984 to 1985. In 1986 he left Tucson to fight the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.[4] In 1987, he traveled to Hijaz, and was expected to return to Karachi.[5]
For his role in al-Qaeda, Julaidan is under worldwide embargo by the United Nations.[6]
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Fitzgerald, Patrick J. "United States of America v. Enaam M. Arnaout: Governments Evidentiary Proffer Supporting the Admissibility of Co-Conspirator Statements" (PDF). US Department of Justice. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-14. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
In many respects, Wael Julaidan was a leading supporter of the jihad through the relief organization network.
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"Wael Julaidan: International Islamic Relief Organization Financier". Globalsecurity. 2006-08-29. Archived from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
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"Founders meet and form al-Qaeda". Globalsecurity. 2006-11-01. Archived from the original on 2009-04-20. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
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Barret Marson (2004-07-24). "How Southern Arizona became home base for terror". Arizona Daily Star. Archived from the original on 2006-06-29. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
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- ^ UN list of affiliates of al-Qaeda and the Taliban
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