Refa'i Ahmed Taha Musa, Ahmed Refa'i Taha, Abu Yasser al-Masri
Years active
1993–2016
Known for
Leader in al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya
Refa'i Ahmed Taha (Arabic: رفاعي أحمد طه; June 24, 1954 – April 5, 2016) or Refa'i Ahmed Taha Musa or Ahmed Refa'i Taha, alias Abu Yasser al-Masri (Arabic: أبو ياسر المصري) was an Egyptian leader of a terrorist component of al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya,[1] having succeeded "The Blind Sheikh" Omar Abdel-Rahman in that role after the latter's arrest in 1993 and imprisonment for life in 1995. He was one of 14 people subjected to extraordinary rendition by the CIA prior to the 2001 declaration of a War on Terror.[2]
^"Copy of indictment] USA v. Usama bin Laden et al" (PDF). Center for Nonproliferation Studies. Monterey Institute of International Studies. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-14.
^Mother Jones, Disappearing Act: Rendition by the Numbers, 3 March 2008
Refa'i AhmedTaha (Arabic: رفاعي أحمد طه; June 24, 1954 – April 5, 2016) or Refa'i AhmedTaha Musa or Ahmed Refa'i Taha, alias Abu Yasser al-Masri (Arabic:...
(Al-Qaeda). The five signatories were Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri, AhmedRefaiTaha, Mir Hamzah, and Fazlur Rehman. Decries America and Israel. Followed...
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English rugby league footballer (Wigan), world champion (1954, 1960). AhmedRefaiTaha, 61, Egyptian terrorist, leader of al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya, air strike...
" On 23 February 1998; Bin Laden, alongside Ayman al-Zawahiri, Ahmad RefaiTaha, Shaykh Mir Hamzah and Maulana Fazlur Rahman; issued another fatwā against...
23:00 UTC+4 Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) Referee: Ahmed Al Ali (Jordan) 8 April 2023 (2023-04-08) 23:00 UTC+4 Al-Nahyan Stadium...
killed and an army captain was killed. On 9 February 2018, Col. Tamer el-Refai, the military's spokesman, announced in a statement on state-run television...
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