Mamdouh Mahmud Salim (1958-) was a Sudanese co-founder of al-Qaeda who was arrested in 1998 for his role in the 1998 United States embassy bombings.
Biography[]
Mamdouh Mahmud Salim was born in Sudan in 1958, and he was trained as a communications engineer before travelling to Afghanistan to join the Mujahideen. Salim took part in the 11-20 August 1988 meetings with Osama Bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri, and other leading jihadists, who co-founded the al-Qaeda terrorist organization. He instructed militants in the works of Ibn Taymiyyah, which justified the killing of innocent bystanders (including "good" Muslims, whom Ibn Taymiyyah preached would go to heaven if they were wrongly killed). During the 1990s, he purchased weapons for the Sudanese government and also attempted to obtain chemical weapons. Salim also served on the al-Qaeda shura council, managed training camps and guesthouses in Afghanistan and Pakistan, purchased land for training camps, purchased warehouses, transferred funds between corporate accounts, transported money and weapons to al-Qaeda and its affiliates, travelled to Malaysia, China, the Philippines, and Germany on terrorist business, and attempted to acquire nuclear weapons in 1993. He was arrested in Germany on 8 September 1998 and extradited to the United States, where he was charged with his role in the 1998 United States embassy bombings; in 2000, he took part in the capture and assault of a prison guard and attempted to take other hostages. He was then incarcerated at ADX Florence.