The son of Omar Abdur Rahman, Asim Abdulrahman was described as "among the closest" of Osama bin Laden's followers in the days following the September 11th attacks in 2001. [1]
Under the kunya Abu Asim, he was believed to lead an Egyptian militant group that allied itself with the World Islamic Front as of 1998. [2]
In early November 2001, the Taliban government announced they were bestowing Afghan citizenship on him, as well as bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Saif al-Adel and Mohammed Atef. [3]
Footnotes
- ^ Sued Deutsche, In der Trutzburg des sanften Scheichs, September 23, 2001
- ^ Raman, B. South Asia Analysis Group, US bombing of terrorist camps in Afghanistan Archived June 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, November 1998.
- ^ The Hindul, "Taliban grants Osama citizenship" [usurped], November 9, 2001
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