Ziyad Khaleel

{{Short description|American activist}}

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Ziyad Khaleel, also known as Khalil Ziyad, Ziyad Sadaqa, and Ziyad Abdulrahman, was an American al-Qaeda member, based in the United States, primarily in Colorado, Florida, Michigan and Missouri. He had been identified as a "procurement agent" for Osama bin Laden,[https://books.google.com/books?id=rO2HY8unF_sC&dq=Ziyad+Khaleel&pg=PA102 Inside Al Qaeda: global network of terror], p. 102, Rohan Gunaratna, Columbia University Press, 2002, {{ISBN|0-231-12692-1}}, {{ISBN|978-0-231-12692-2}}, accessed January 21, 2010[https://books.google.com/books?id=9VZ8j9Oym6cC&q=+Khaleel&pg=PA84 Why America slept: the failure to prevent 9/11], p. 83, Gerald Posner, Random House, Inc., 2004, {{ISBN|0-8129-6623-6}}, {{ISBN|978-0-8129-6623-7}}, accessed January 21, 2010[http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-devon062602.asp Josh Devon and Evan Kohlmann, "Terrorist State; Florida’s shadow of terrorism,"] National Review, June 26, 2002, accessed January 21, 2010 arranging the purchase and delivery of "computers, satellite telephones, and covert surveillance equipment" for the leadership of al-Qaeda,[https://books.google.com/books?id=ksd1NXDjRLkC&q=Khaleel&pg=PA33 American Jihad], Steven Emerson, Simon & Schuster, 2003, {{ISBN|0-7434-7750-2}}, {{ISBN|978-0-7434-7750-5}}, accessed January 21, 2010 as well as administering a number of radical Islamic websites as webmaster, including the website of the Palestinian militant group Hamas.[http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6116039_ITM McGonigle, Steve, "Businessman indicted in Hamas funding case ordered freed; release delayed,"] The Dallas Morning News, December 20, 2002, accessed January 21, 2010[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/08/11/IN80216.DTL Katz, Rita, and Devon, Josh, "American servers of terror,"] San Francisco Chronicle, August 11, 2002, January 21, 2010{{cite news| url= http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZmM2MzBmMDQ0OGI2MmI2ZmE1ZTczNDg0ZTNjYzdhMzQ= |last= Kohlmann |first=Evan |date= January 2, 2003 |title=Axis of Evil; Indicted Hamas leader linked to al Qaeda activist in Midwest. |work= National Review |access-date= January 21, 2010}} Among the cities in which he resided at various times were Denver, Detroit, Columbia and Orlando.

In 1991, while living in Denver, he was vice president of the Denver Islamic Society.[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DP&p_theme=dp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB1D1BC982A1ACF&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Finley, Bruce, War divides Colorado Arabs], Denver Post, January 27, 1991, accessed January 21, 2010 By 1994 he was residing in Detroit and his name and address were reflected in ledgers taken from the Al Kifah Refugee Center, a financial and strategic arm of al-Qaeda.

Upon moving to Columbia, Missouri, he was known as Ziyad Khaleel, but began using the surname Sadaqa as early as 1996. That year he was a fundraiser and one of eight regional directors of the Islamic African Relief Agency (IARA), which the government later determined was a front for al-Qaeda and Hamas.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12463-2005Feb9.html Sandoval, Greg, "Olajuwon's Mosque Cited in Funding Link to Terrorists,"] The Washington Post, February 10, 2005, accessed January 21, 2010

Late in 1996 he bought a $7,500 INMARSAT satellite telephone at the instruction of senior al-Qaeda lieutenant Khaled al-Fawwaz.[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F8B1A76E2C0193B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Branch-Brioso, Karen, "Dead or Alive, Fund-Raiser Draws Interest of Federal Authorities,"] St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 20, 2003, accessed January 21, 2010 He delivered the satellite telephone and a battery pack to bin Laden in Afghanistan in May 1998.[https://books.google.com/books?id=c9YjAQAAIAAJ&q=Ziyad+Khaleel The Social contract], Volume 12, p. 82, John Tanton, 2001, accessed January 21, 2010[http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/testimony.cfm?id=128&wit_id=81 "Testimony of Steven Emerson before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary"], December 4, 2001, accessed January 21, 2010 Bin Laden used the phone to place phone calls around the world, directing al-Qaeda's operations and orchestrating the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

In 1998 and 1999, Khaleel lived in an apartment in the eastern part of Florida's Orange County, near Orlando.[http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6771495_ITM Gutierrez, Pedro Ruz; Roy, Roger; Leusner, Jim "Bin Laden's men lived quietly in Orlando,"] The Orlando Sentinel, September 23, 2001, accessed January 23, 2010[http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2001-11-08/news/admitting-terror-part-2/3 Norman, Bob, "Admitting Terror"], Miami New Times, November 8, 2001, accessed January 21, 2010

The FBI investigated Anwar al-Awlaki, later linked to three of the 9/11 hijackers, the Fort Hood shooter, and the Christmas Day 2009 bomber, beginning in June 1999 through March 2000, after it learned he had been contacted by Khaleel.Schmidt, Susan; [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/26/AR2008022603267.html Imam From Va. Mosque Now Thought to Have Aided Al-Qaeda]; The Washington Post, February 27, 2008, accessed November 20, 2009.{{cite news| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=JufWziTyNnIC&q=aulaqi&pg=PA221|last= National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States |year=2004 |title=Nine/eleven Commission report, final report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States |work= W. W. Norton & Company|isbn= 9780393326710 |access-date=January 22, 2010}}

On December 29, 1999, as he arrived in the Jordanian capital of Amman, local authorities arrested him on charges of being a procurement agent for bin Laden, but he was later released.[https://books.google.com/books?id=v5W9hgvMHSwC&q=Ziyad+Khaleel Progress since 9/11: the effectiveness of the U.S. anti-terrorist financing efforts: hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Financial Services], U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, first session, March 11, 2003, U.S. G.P.O., accessed January 21, 2010 In 2000 Khaleel lived in Manchester, Missouri, and attended Columbia College in St. Louis.[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FC31D88A9A30418&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Branc-Brioso, Karen, Judge in Terror Case says She's Leaning Toward Granting Bond], St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 9, 2003, January 21, 2010

Khaleel is now dead.[http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-29915152_ITM Walberg, Matthew, Coen, Jeff, "U.S. says local man sent cash to Iraq: Palos Heights resident in Islamic charity case"], Chicago Tribune, March 9, 2007, accessed January 21, 2010[http://static.cbslocal.com/station/wfor/files/gvmntresponsetomotionbillparticulars.pdf U.S. v. Hamed, Government's Consolidated Response in Opposition to Defendants' Motions for Bill of Particulars, May 27, 2009, accessed January 21, 2010] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708125327/http://static.cbslocal.com/station/wfor/files/gvmntresponsetomotionbillparticulars.pdf |date=July 8, 2011 }}