Opinion ID: 2551
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Heading: Abu Talal al Masry (a.k.a. Saleh)

Text: L’Houssaine Kherchtou, a cooperating witness and former member of the Nairobi al Qaeda cell, testified at trial that Saleh was a member of “the military committee of al Qaeda.” Tr. 1126. In addition, FBI Agent Stephen Gaudin, who interviewed Al-’Owhali in Kenya, stated that “[A]l-’Owhali explained to [him] that Saleh was the planner of . . . the bombing in Nairobi and the bombing in Dar es Salaam” and the “leader of the cell that was going to carry out both of these attacks.” Id. at 1971, 1976, 2013. John Michael Anticev, the FBI agent who interviewed Odeh in Kenya, testified that, according to Odeh, it was Saleh who, in the days before the embassy bombings, conveyed “word from Bin Laden” that al Qaeda members should “start getting [their] affairs in order and start getting documents” so that they could “[get] out of Kenya,” id. at 1616, 1667-68; and Saleh who provided 61 Odeh with the money and false documents that Odeh used to leave the country the day before the bombings, id. at 1675-78, 1686.